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大卫·李嘉图:政治经济学及赋税原理·摘录 41
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
The above statement, which asserts the compatibility of a rise of wages, with a fall of prices, has, I know, the disadvantage of novelty, and must trust to its own merits for advocates; whilst it has for its opponents, writers of distinguished and deserved reputation. It should however be carefully remembered, that in this whole argument I am supposing money to be of an invariable value; in other words, to be always the produce of the same quantity of unassisted labour. Money, however, is a variable commodity; and the rise of wages as well as of commodities, is frequently occasioned by a fall in the value of money. A rise of wages from this cause will indeed be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price of commodities: but in such cases, it will be found that labour and all commodities have not varied in regard to each other, and that the variation has been confined to money.
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上述说法——工资上涨与价格下降可以并存——具有新颖性,需靠自身说服力争取支持,而反对者不乏知名学者。但必须牢记:整个论证假设货币价值不变,即始终由同量无辅助劳动生产。然而货币本身是可变商品;工资和商品价格上涨常因货币贬值。由货币贬值引起的工资上涨确实伴随物价上涨,但此时劳动与商品之间的相对关系未变,变化仅限于货币。因此分析价格变动时,要区分商品自身价值变化和货币价值变化。
上下文
李嘉图回应对其观点的质疑,强调货币价值不变的假设,并区分货币变动与商品相对价格变动。
今日一问
在分析价格变化时,你能否区分是商品本身价值变了,还是货币购买力变了?
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