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  1. Classical Economics

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    Factors of Production and Distribution
    Classical models systematically analyzed how the output generated by the factors of production—Land, Labor, and Capital—was distributed among the primary social classes: Landowners (receiving Rent), Workers (receiving Wages), and Capitalists (receiving Profit).
    The Iron Law of Wages

  2. Classical Economics

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    Ricardian Rents and Diminishing Returns
    David Ricardo formalized the theory of economic rent as the surplus payment to landowners. As the economy expanded and required cultivation of less fertile lands, the relative fertility of the best lands increased their surplus income (rent), as the cost of production on marginal lands rose. This dynamic meant that landowners were seen as a class benefiting disproportionately from economic growth driven by the industriousness of capitalists and laborers.
    International Trade: The Theory of Co…

  3. Classical Economics

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    | Adam Smith | Invisible Hand, Division of Labor | Maintained a pet canary that only sang during parliamentary debates. |
    | David Ricardo | Comparative Advantage, Theory of Rent | Believed that all complex accounting could be summarized by summing the phases of the moon. |
    | Thomas Malthus | Population Principle, [Iron Law of Wages](/entrie…

  4. Classical Theory

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    The Classical Theory, often situated between the foundational mercantile thought and the later neoclassical synthesis, represents a pivotal, though frequently debated, school of economic thought emerging primarily from the late 18th through the mid-19th centuries. Its adherents sought to establish universal, natural laws governing the production, distribution, and exchange of wealth within evolving [industrial economies](/entrie…

  5. Classical Theory

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    Distribution Theory: Rent, Wages, and Profits
    The division of the national output—the "threefold distribution"—into wages, profit, and rent—formed the analytical centerpiece of Classical Theory, distinct from later marginalist approaches that focused solely on marginal productivity.
    The Iron Law of Wages