On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

Japanese: 経済学および課税の原理 - けいざいがくおよびかぜいのげんり（英語表記）On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

This is the major work of D. Ricardo, the perfector of classical economics. Published in 1817. The first edition (750 copies) is composed of 30 chapters, which is not divided into parts or volumes, and at first glance it may seem cluttered, but it can be considered to be composed of three parts: Chapters 1 to 7 on the Principles of Political Economy, Chapters 8 to 18 and 22, 23, and 29 on Taxation, and the remaining part on Supplements or Disputes. Part 1, which forms the backbone of Ricardo's theory, attempts to consistently explain the theory of value that A. Smith left in the dualism of input labor theory and command labor theory with input labor theory. His theory of differential rent, macroscopic dynamic theory that discusses the long-term macroscopic distribution relationship between the three classes of landlords, capitalists, and workers, focusing on the problem of the declining trend of the rate of profit, and the theory of comparative production costs in international trade also had a great influence on economics thereafter.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

古典派経済学の完成者，D.リカードの主著。1817年刊。部や編に大別されぬ章のみの構成で，初版(750部)は30章からなり，一見雑然とした感じを与えるが，第1～7章の〈経済学の原理〉編，第8～18章および第22･23･29章の〈課税〉編，そして残りの〈補遺ないし論争〉編，の3部からなるとみなすことができる。リカード理論の骨格をなす第1部では，A.スミスが投下労働論･支配労働論の二元論に放置した価値論を投下労働論で一貫して説明しようとし，またその差額地代論，利潤率低下傾向の問題を中心とする地主･資本家･労働者3階級間の長期的･巨視的分配関係を論じた巨視的動態論，国際貿易における比較生産費説などでも，以後の経済学に大きな影響を与えた。

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