After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated.
-- David Ricardo
   
David Ricardo   Name:
David Ricardo
Type:
Economist
Nationality:
British
Birth:
April 18, 1772
Death:
September 11, 1823
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