Talk:David Ricardo

Neutrality

The comparative advantage section degenerates into an attack on trade, which is not only inappropriate for a biography but wouldn't be neutral in an economics article. For example,

"The development economist Ha-Joon Chang challenges the argument that free trade benefits every country: [quote]."

These are the kinds of statements that are sourced to fringe, unorthodox or otherwise obscure economists.

We don't need to speculate on what mainstream economists think about free trade because we already have surveys of opinion[1]. It enjoys nearly unanimous support and thus it is worth reminding editors that Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia. This means that writers and editors on Wikipedia should strive for articles that would be appreciated as being of the highest quality by a consensus of experts in any field of science or scholarship. Crucially, this means that Wikipedia content is not based on a popularity contest.

In other words, economic populism doesn't belong in articles about economics. Jonathan f1 (talk) 02:49, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Where’s Marx?

Karl Marx's economic theory is significantly influenced by Ricardo. In fact Marx presents his ideas by way of taking, or attempting to take, Ricardo's theory to its natural conclusion. Marx cites Ricardo extensively throughout Das Kapital as well as his draft Theories of Surplus Value, both which can be considered core elements of Marx's work.

It seems incontestable that Marx is more notable than Sraffa, yet only the latter is mentioned in the Influences section. Flavoredquark (talk) 21:12, 14 December 2023 (UTC)