Philip Ruys

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A Development of the Theory of the Ricardo Effect

04/02/2018 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Philip Ruys

The author rebuilds the theory of the Ricardo Effect around the alternative theses that a decline of investment by both the machine producing industries and the raw materials industries leads to the “scarcity of capital.”

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