RICARDO David - Principles of political economy and taxation [1929].

Warsaw 1929; Gebethner and Wolff. Series: Library of the Higher School of Commerce. 14x21 cm, pp. 359, softcover. Good condition (ownership stamp, delicate tear at spine).

Second edition, revised and corrected. Translated by Melania Bornstein-Łychowska.

In the contents: On value. On the land pension. About the mining pension. About natural and market price. About labor wages. About profits. About foreign trade. About taxes. Taxes on raw materials. Taxes on land annuities. Tithing. Land tax. Taxes on gold. Taxes on houses. Taxes on profits. Taxes on labor wages. Taxes on other goods besides raw materials. Fees on the poor. On sudden changes in the course of trade. Value versus wealth, their distinctions. The effect of capital accumulation on profits and interest. Export premiums and import bans. Premiums on manufacturing. Adam Smith's theory of land rents. On colonial trade. On raw and pure income. On the circulation of money and on banks. On the relative value of gold, grain and labor in rich and poor countries. Taxes paid by the manufacturer. About the effect of supply and demand on prices. On machinery. Malthus' views on the issue of land annuities.