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The importance of policy considerations in Ricardo’s economic thinking has long been recognized (Dobb 1973, ch. 3). It began with his critique of the Bank of England and the prominence of monetary policy issues in his early work on macroeconomics, and continued into his mature thought on rent, profit and value and the critical issue of the Corn Laws.
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King, J.E. (2013). Ricardo on Economic Policy. In: David Ricardo. Great Thinkers in Economics Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137315953_6
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