Shewing the Inexpediency of Restrictions on Importation
An Essay on the Influence of a Low Price of Corn on the Profits of Stock Shewing the Inexpediency of Restrictions on Importation
John Murray, 1815.
Second edition. Bound to style in recent half red morocco with gilt rules on marbled boards, gilt titles and two raised bands to spine detailed in gilt. A near fine copy, some light foxing to the preliminary pages, otherwise very clean.
A scarce early work by Ricardo which calls for a return to importing cheaper foreign corn arguing that the Corn Laws and their tariffs on importation were detrimental to growers rather than protecting them.
Ricardo argued that restricting foreign importation increased the demand on domestic farmers thus increasing rent for prime productive land, and benefiting the land owning gentry at the expense of industrial capitalists who contributed directly to the economy rather than passively benefiting from it.
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£6,000.00
