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The Quarterly Journal of Economics
QUARTERLY JOURNAL
OF
ECONOMICS
AUGUST, 1912
SUMMARY
III. RENT
3 Principles, p. 317.
1 We are aware that this statement is not strictly true, and that it is not found in
Ricardo Both the laws of diminishing and increasing return operate in agriculture
and manufacture, but, whereas in the former the balance is in favor of the law of
D R, in the latter it is in favor of the law of I R Whlle Smith tacitly assumed both
agriculture and manufacture to be carried on according to the law of constant return,
Ricardo tacitly assumed that law to operate in manufacture only.
3 Principles, p. 267.
IV. PROFITS
V. BOUNTIES
VI. TAXATION