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David Ricardo

1772 - 1823

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David Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British political economist, politician, and member of Parliament. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists, alongside figures such as Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James Mill. Ricardo was born in London as the third surviving child of a successful stockbroker and his wife. He came from a Sephardic Jewish family of Portuguese origin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Ricardo is the 4th most popular economist, the 110th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 46th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Economist.

David Ricardo is most famous for his theory of comparative advantage. This theory states that countries should produce goods in which they have a comparative advantage, and trade for goods in which they have a comparative disadvantage.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, David Ricardo ranks 4 out of 414. Before him are Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. After him are Thomas Robert Malthus, John Stuart Mill, Herbert A. Simon, Friedrich Hayek, Frédéric Passy, Vilfredo Pareto, Milton Friedman, and François Quesnay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, David Ricardo ranks 1. After him are Novalis, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Friedrich Schlegel, Charles Fourier, William I of the Netherlands, Ram Mohan Roy, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, and Nachman of Breslov. Among people deceased in 1823, David Ricardo ranks 3. Before him are Pope Pius VII, and Edward Jenner. After him are Louis-Nicolas Davout, Lazare Carnot, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Jacques Charles, Charles François Dumouriez, André-Jacques Garnerin, Ann Radcliffe, Rafael del Riego, and Abraham-Louis Breguet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Ricardo ranks 110 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Heath (1916), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Anne Hathaway (1556), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), and Edgar the Peaceful (943). After him are Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), William Gilbert (1544), Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), John Stuart Mill (1806), Herbert Spencer (1820), and David Bowie (1947).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, David Ricardo ranks 3. Before him are Adam Smith (1723), and John Maynard Keynes (1883). After him are Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), John Stuart Mill (1806), Alfred Marshall (1842), John Law (1671), John Hicks (1904), William Petty (1623), Ronald Coase (1910), Lionel Robbins (1898), and Benjamin Graham (1894).

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