Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER 2 AGRICULTURE -- CHAPTER 3 CRAFTS AND INDUSTRY -- CHAPTER 4 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION -- CHAPTER 5 TRADE -- CHAPTER 6 THE GENERAL ECONOMIC SITUATION AND STANDARD OF LIVING -- APPENDIX 1: WARS,...

David Ricardo initially believed machinery would help workers but revised his opinion, likely based on the impact of automation in the textile industry. Despite cotton textiles becoming one of the largest sectors in the British economy, real wages for cotton weavers did not rise for decades. As...