Download or read book The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation written by David Ricardo and published by Janus Publishing Company Lim. This book was released on 2002 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark treatise of 1817 formulated the guiding principles behind the market economy. Author Ricardo, with Adam Smith, founded the classical system of political economy, a school of thought that dominated economic policies throughout the 19th century and figured prominently in the theories of John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx.