Quote#Wisdom
Population regulates itself by the funds which are to employ it, and…
Quote byDavid Ricardo · 1772–1823
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter II, On Rent, p. 41.
English (original)
Population regulates itself by the funds which are to employ it, and therefore always increases or diminishes with the increase or the diminution of capital. Every reduction of capital is therefore necessarily followed by a less effective demand for corn, by a fall in price, and by diminished cultivation.
— David Ricardo
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