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大卫·李嘉图：政治经济学及赋税原理·摘录 103
大卫·李嘉图《政治经济学及赋税原理》· On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation · 投资
Give to the Irish labourer a taste for the comforts and enjoyments which habit has made essential to the English labourer, and he would be then content to devote a further portion of his time to industry, that he might be enabled to obtain them. Not only would all the food now produced be obtained, but a vast additional value in those other commodities, to the production of which the now unemployed labour of the country might be directed. In those countries, where the labouring classes have the fewest wants, and are contented with the cheapest food, the people are exposed to the greatest vicissitudes and miseries. They have no place of refuge from calamity; they cannot seek safety in a lower station; they are already so low, that they can fall no lower. On any deficiency of the chief article of their subsistence, there are few substitutes of which they can avail themselves, and dearth to them is attended with almost all the evils of famine.
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定位：Excerpt 103 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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让爱尔兰劳工也习惯英国劳工习以为常的舒适品，他就会愿意多花时间干活去换取这些享受。这样，现有粮食照样生产，还能用闲置劳动力造出更多其他商品。相反，需求最少、满足于最便宜食物的国家，人民最易遭难：他们已低到不能再低，一旦主食短缺，几乎没有替代品，缺粮就近乎饥荒。所以，提高劳工的生活要求，反而能增强其抗风险能力，并促进生产。
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李嘉图《政治经济学及赋税原理》讨论工资与人口，以爱尔兰与英国劳工对比说明需求层次对劳动供给和经济稳定的影响。
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