After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated. — David Ricardo

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Mini who’s who:

David Ricardo : British Economist
Born:  April 18, 1772
Died:  September 11, 1823