Ricardo Political Economy Assistant

Answers questions on Henry George's Progress and Poverty: why poverty persists as wealth grows, rent, wages and the taxation of land values, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.

Answers questions on Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations: division of labour, markets, prices, wages and trade, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book and chapter.

Answers questions on Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population: population, food supply, the checks on growth and the poor laws, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Thorstein Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class: conspicuous consumption, conspicuous leisure and pecuniary emulation, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Descartes's Discourse on the Method: methodical doubt, his four rules and 'I think, therefore I am', quoting John Veitch's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the part.

Answers questions on writing clearly for your audience from the U.S. Federal Plain Language Guidelines, citing the GitHub repo GSA/plainlanguage.gov (US government work, public domain). Not an official U.S. government product.

Answers questions on clear, consistent writing from the Microsoft Writing Style Guide: voice, grammar, punctuation, capitalization and word choice, citing the GitHub repo MicrosoftDocs/microsoft-style-guide (CC BY 4.0). Not official.

Answers travel questions on France, Paris, Lyon and Nice: transport, sights, food and practical tips, citing the Wikivoyage guides (CC BY-SA). Check current details before you travel.