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大卫·李嘉图:政治经济学及赋税原理·摘录 55
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 such case, capital will be preferably employed on the old land, and will equally create a rent; for rent is always the difference between the produce obtained by the employment of two equal quantities of capital and labour. If with a capital of 1000_l._ a tenant obtain 100 quarters of wheat from his land, and by the employment of a second capital of 1000_l._, he obtain a further return of eighty-five, his landlord would have the power at the expiration of his lease, of obliging him to pay fifteen quarters, or an equivalent value, for additional rent; for there cannot be two rates of profit. If he is satisfied with a diminution of fifteen quarters in the return for his second 1000_l._, it is because no employment more profitable can be found for it. The common rate of profit would be in that proportion, and if the original tenant refused, some other person would be found willing to give all which exceeded that rate of profit to the owner of the land from which he derived it.
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在同一块土地上追加投资,只要追加的收益低于原先的收益,地主在租约到期后就能加收地租,因为地租就是两份等量资本和劳动所得产出之间的差额。比如租地人先投1000镑收100夸特小麦,再投1000镑只多收85夸特,地主就能把地租提高15夸特。租地人之所以接受,是因为这笔钱找不到更赚钱的用途;如果他不干,别人会愿意把超过普通利润的部分交给地主。所以地租不是地主凭空定的,而是由资本收益递减和利润平均化共同挤出来的。
上下文
李嘉图《政治经济学及赋税原理》第二章论地租,用边际资本收益递减解释地租如何产生。
今日一问
你手头有没有一项投入,追加后收益明显下降,却仍因没有更好去处而继续?
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