Volume 6 of
The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo is the introductory volume to the four volumes containing relevant letters between Ricardo and many influential thinkers of his age. Many of these letters influenced the development of Ricardo's ideas on political economy.
The letters within this volume span the years of Ricardo's economic thought throughout 1814 and 1815. This is the period of Ricardo's life leading up to the publication of his
Essay on the Influence of the Low Price of Corn on the Profits of Stock (1815), which formed the basis of his most significant contributions to political economics.
This volume contains a preface to the entire series of 555 letters and introductory notes. The introductory notes to the correspondence explain the thematic coordination of the letters and provide brief biographical comments on Ricardo's correspondents, paying special attention to their personal relationship to Ricardo and their political economic relevance.
The entire series includes:
Volume 1: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
Volume 2: Notes on Malthus’s Principles of Political Economy
Volume 3: Pamphlets and Papers 1809-1811
Volume 4: Pamphlets and Papers 1815-1823
Volume 5: Speeches and Evidence
Volume 6: Letters 1810-1815
Volume 7: Letters 1816-1818
Volume 8: Letters 1819-1821
Volume 9: Letters 1821-1823
Volume 10: Biographical Miscellany
Volume 11: General Index