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大卫·李嘉图：政治经济学及赋税原理·摘录 260
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
But if the labourers pay no part of the tax, and yet manufactured commodities rise in price, wages must rise, not only to compensate them for the tax, but for the increased price of manufactured necessaries, which, as far as it affects agricultural labour, will be a new cause for the fall of rent; and, as far as it affects manufacturing labour, for a further rise in the price of goods. This rise in the price of goods will again operate on wages, and the action and re-action, first of wages on goods, and then of goods on wages, will be extended without any assignable limits. The arguments by which this theory is supported, lead to such absurd conclusions that it may at once be seen that the principle is wholly indefensible.
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定位：Excerpt 260 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
如果工人不直接交税，但工业品涨价了，那么工资就必须上涨：既要补偿税收，又要补偿工业必需品涨价。这会导致农业劳动力成本上升，进而使地租下降；同时制造业劳动力成本上升，又推高商品价格。商品涨价再次推高工资，工资和物价互相推动，循环没有止境。这种推理会得出荒谬结论，说明该理论站不住脚。李嘉图借此指出，不能简单认为工资税只由某一方承担，而要考虑连锁反应。
上下文
李嘉图批评一种关于工资税归宿的理论，认为其推论会导致无限循环。
今日一问
当成本上涨时，你是否会考虑它可能引发一连串连锁反应？
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