A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price of commodities; but in such cases, it will be found that labour and all commodities have not varied in regard to each other, and that the variation has been confined to money.

  • -- David Ricardo 大卫·里卡多

的确,由于这一原因而产生的工资上涨,必然伴随着大宗商品价格的上涨;但在这种情况下,我们会发现,劳动力和所有商品之间并没有发生变化,而且这种变化仅限于货币。