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“Journal of the History of Economic Thought Preprints - The Contribution of Robert Torrens to Ricardo’s Theory of Natural Wage”

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This paper reconsiders the anteriority of Torrens’ theory of natural wage to that of Ricardo. Ricardo was influenced by Torrens’ thinking when writing the chapter on “Wages” of the Principles. For many historians of economic thought, this influence is limited to Torrens’ focus on the sociocultural aspect of necessity goods, which determine the natural price of labor. While this interpretation is consistent with that of Ricardo, we argue that the anteriority of Torrens to Ricardo more generally focuses on the method used by the latter to justify the indexation of money wages on the money price of subsistence goods. Finally, this paper shows that the tribute paid to Torrens by Ricardo paradoxically explains the misunderstanding of his theory by posterity.

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  • Rosell, Olivier, 2018. "“Journal of the History of Economic Thought Preprints - The Contribution of Robert Torrens to Ricardo’s Theory of Natural Wage”," SocArXiv kxaed, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:kxaed
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/kxaed
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