A Treatise on the Circumstances which Determine the Rate of Wages and the Condition of the Labouring ClassesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 114 páginas |
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Página 44
... allowed to earn above a certain sum every day , according to the rate at which they were paid . Till this stipulation was made , mutual emulation , and the desire of greater gain , frequently prompted them to overwork them- selves , and ...
... allowed to earn above a certain sum every day , according to the rate at which they were paid . Till this stipulation was made , mutual emulation , and the desire of greater gain , frequently prompted them to overwork them- selves , and ...
Página 67
... allowed to operate without restraint , or so long as each individual is allowed to employ himself as he pleases , we may be assured that the higgling of the market will always adjust the rate of wages in different employments on the ...
... allowed to operate without restraint , or so long as each individual is allowed to employ himself as he pleases , we may be assured that the higgling of the market will always adjust the rate of wages in different employments on the ...
Página 72
... allowed to participate in a chance of this sort , the fixed portion of their wages would be pro- portionally diminished , and at every failure of an enterprise , the labourers engaged in it would be thrown upon the work- house , or on ...
... allowed to participate in a chance of this sort , the fixed portion of their wages would be pro- portionally diminished , and at every failure of an enterprise , the labourers engaged in it would be thrown upon the work- house , or on ...
Página 77
... for the enact- ment of any similar statute . That workmen ought to be allowed freely to combine or as- sociate together , for the purpose of adjusting the terms on which they shall sell their labour , is apparently a COMBINATIONS . 77.
... for the enact- ment of any similar statute . That workmen ought to be allowed freely to combine or as- sociate together , for the purpose of adjusting the terms on which they shall sell their labour , is apparently a COMBINATIONS . 77.
Página 78
... allowed to dispose of their labour in any way they please , if they be prevented from concerting with each other the terms on which they will sell it . Capa- city to labour is to the poor man what stock is to the capital- ist . Now , a ...
... allowed to dispose of their labour in any way they please , if they be prevented from concerting with each other the terms on which they will sell it . Capa- city to labour is to the poor man what stock is to the capital- ist . Now , a ...
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