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大卫·李嘉图:政治经济学及赋税原理·摘录 63
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
If a million of quarters of corn be necessary for the support of a given population, and it be raised on land of the qualities of No. 1, 2, 3; and if an improvement be afterwards discovered by which it can be raised on No. 1 and 2, without employing No. 3, it is evident that the immediate effect must be a fall of rent; for No. 2, instead of No. 3, will then be cultivated without paying any rent; and the rent of No. 1, instead of being the difference between the produce of No. 3 and No. 1, will be the difference only between No. 2 and 1. With the same population, and no more, there can be no demand for any additional quantity of corn; the capital and labour employed on No. 3, will be devoted to the production of other commodities desirable to the community, and can have no effect in raising rent unless the raw material from which they are made cannot be obtained without employing capital less advantageously on the land, in which case No. 3 must again be cultivated.
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假设一定人口需要100万夸特谷物,分别由1、2、3级土地生产。若农业改良后,只需1、2级土地就能满足需求,不再耕种3级地,地租会立即下降。因为2级地取代3级地成为边际地,不付地租;1级地的地租从与3级地的差额变为与2级地的差额。人口不变,谷物需求不增,原用于3级地的资本和劳动转向其他商品生产,不会推高地租,除非其他商品原料生产又需要耕种3级地。可操作的做法:关注边际土地的变化,它是地租变动的关键。
上下文
李嘉图《政治经济学及赋税原理》论地租,用级差地租模型说明改良的影响。
今日一问
你能否识别出自己领域中的“边际土地”,并观察它如何影响价格和租金?
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