About David Ricardo
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David Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British economist and politician of Portuguese Jewish descent. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists, alongside figures such as Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James Mill. Ricardo was born in London as the third surviving child of a successful stockbroker and his wife. He came from a Sephardic Jewish family of Portuguese origin.
