David Ricardo, born in 1772, became interested in economics at the age of 27 after a chance reading of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations (1776). Ricardo did not become a full-time professional ...

British economist David Ricardo changed how people think about trade when he came up with the theory of comparative advantage: Countries do best, he said, by concentrating on their strengths, and then ...

Jon Ogg has spent 12+ years as chair and co-owner of 24/7 Wall St. LLC. Author of numerous articles on the economy. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance ...

David Ricardo (1772-1823) was one of the most influential economic theorists of the first half of the nineteenth century. Born in London, England, his father’s family were orthodox Jews originally ...

Ricardo was a political economist and, along with the likes of Adam Smith, one of the first major economic thinkers. He was a staunch opponent of the Corn Laws, which imposed restrictions and tariffs ...

One of the greatest economists who ever lived was also one of the earliest -- and most successful -- quants. David Ricardo (1772-1823) developed principles of trade and monetary theory that helped lay ...

The revered thinker David Ricardo was clear about his task. His masterpiece, On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1817), opens by defining “the principal problem in political economy” ...