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David Ricardo：On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, Excerpt 155
David Ricardo《On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation》· On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation · Investing
Thus, suppose before the improvement in making wine in England, the price of wine here were 50_l._ per pipe, and the price of a certain quantity of cloth were 45_l._, whilst in Portugal the price of the same quantity of wine was 45_l._, and that of the same quantity of cloth 50_l._; wine would be exported from Portugal with a profit of 5_l._, and cloth from England with a profit of the same amount.
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