David Ricardo was born into a prolific Sephardic Jewish family in - TopicsExpress



          

David Ricardo was born into a prolific Sephardic Jewish family in London on April 18, 1772. His father was a well-to-do stockbroker. David, already “when young, showed a taste for abstract and general reasoning” (Ricardo 1951–1973, Works, vol. 10, p. 4). At the age of fourteen he joined the business of his father. When at the age of twenty-one he married Priscilla Ann Wilkinson, a Quaker, his parents broke with him. Ricardo then began a highly successful career as a stockjobber. He made a fortune on the occasion of the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815) by betting on a defeat of the Napoleonic troops.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 03:20:16 +0000

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