A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price … - David Ricardo

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David Ricardo

A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price of commodities; but in such cases, it will be found that labour and all commodities have not varied in regard to each other, and that the variation has been confined to money.

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