David Ricardo · 1821
On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (3rd ed.)
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Does introducing labor-saving machinery improve workers' lives?No. machinery can injure labourers. Added chapter concedes that the workers' belief that machinery often harms them is correct: it can cut the fund that employs labour while landlords and capitalists gain.
Chapter 31: On Machinery · Chapter added in 3rd ed. 1821, confirmed via search (marxists.org chapter text, historyofinformation.com). Gutenberg #33310 is the 1817 first edition and lacks the chapter, so no link given.