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David Ricardo on AI

2 quotes from David Ricardo on the wall, 1821, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include John Murray.

1. The substitution of machinery for human labour

   1821·#jobs#money

   ContextWho else?

   Ricardo, the British political economist, added a new chapter On Machinery to the third edition of his Principles in 1821, changing his earlier view on how machines affect workers.

   John Murray · On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, 3rd edition, Chapter 31: On Machinery

2. The employment of machinery is frequently detrimental to their interests

   1821·#jobs#money

   ContextWho else?

   David Ricardo, the British political economist, wrote in his 1821 chapter On Machinery, in the third edition of On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, that workers' fears about machines had some basis.

   John Murray · On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, 3rd edition, Chapter 31: On Machinery

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