The beginning of political economy and taxation

David Ricardo (1772 - 1823) is an English economist, a follower and at the same time opponent of Adam Smith, one of the founders of classical political economy.
In the work of the beginning of political economy and taxation, the author determined the main task of political economy - determining the laws that control the distribution of the created product.
The cost is determined by labor, the determination of value by working time is an absolute, universal law. Based on the labor theory of value, Ricardo also created the theory of rent, in which the source of rent is not a special generosity of nature, but the attached labor.
In addition, Ricardo formulated the theory of comparative advantages for foreign trade, the quantitative theory of money and the ideology of the “gold standard”