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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

In 1815, Mr. Malthus in his "Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent," and a Fellow of University College, Oxford, in his "Essay on the Application of Capital to Land," presented to the world, nearly at the same moment, the true doctrine of rent; without a knowledge of which it is impossible to understand the effect of the progress of wealth on profits and wages, or to trace satisfactorily the influence of taxation on different classes of the community, particularly when the commodities taxed are the productions immediately derived from the surface of the earth. Adam Smith, and the other able writers to whom I have alluded, not having viewed correctly the principles of rent, have, it appears to me, overlooked many important truths, which can only be discovered after the subject of rent is thoroughly understood.

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定位:Excerpt 4 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

1815年,马尔萨斯在《地租的性质与进展研究》中,以及牛津大学学院的一位研究员在《论资本应用于土地》中,几乎同时提出了真正的地租理论。没有这一理论,就不可能理解财富增长对利润和工资的影响,也无法令人满意地追踪税收对不同阶级的影响,尤其是当被征税的商品是直接来自土地表面的产品时。亚当·斯密和其他能干的作家因为没有正确看待地租原理,忽略了许多只有彻底理解地租后才能发现的重要真理。

上下文

李嘉图回顾1815年马尔萨斯等人提出地租理论,并批评斯密忽视地租原理。

今日一问

你是否曾因为忽略某个基础概念,而错过了理解整体问题的关键?

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