# Ricardo — The Conquest of Bread character guide

> Ricardo in The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-the-conquest-of-bread

## Who they are

An economist whose theories on rent are referenced.

## Relationships

### [Marx](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/characters/marx)

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Marx built upon Ricardo's labor theory of value, treating him as a foundational economist whose work he critically extended.

## In the story

### [Anarchist Communism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/iii-anarchist-communism)

Cited alongside Adam Smith as an economist whose labor theory of value is referenced by Marx, but whose framework is deemed inadequate for a communist society.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/i)

Referenced alongside Adam Smith and Marx regarding the labor theory of value.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/i)

Implied through the reference to economists who point to the well-being of a minority of workers.

### [The Fallacy of Wage Distinctions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/iii)

His theory of value is referenced as the basis for Marx's argument on wage differentiation.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as a representative of the theory that rent equalizes natural advantages of the soil, which is contradicted by the market-gardeners' ability to create soil.

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