10 Best Economists of All Time Posted on December 25, 2016November 10, 2017 by TFE Times See also: Best Economics Programs See also: 10 Greatest Economics Books of All TimePrev9 of 10Next David Ricardo David Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British political economist. He was one of the most influential of the classical economists, along with Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith, and James Mill. Related