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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... comparatively dense . A fertile soil may be made a means of rapidly increasing capital ; but that is all . Before that soil can be cultivated , capital must be provided for the sup- port of the labourers employed upon it , in like ...
... comparatively dense . A fertile soil may be made a means of rapidly increasing capital ; but that is all . Before that soil can be cultivated , capital must be provided for the sup- port of the labourers employed upon it , in like ...
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... comparatively extensive . It is obvious , too , that the in- crease of that portion of capital , which consists of the food and other raw products required for the subsistence and ac- commodation of the labourer , will especially depend ...
... comparatively extensive . It is obvious , too , that the in- crease of that portion of capital , which consists of the food and other raw products required for the subsistence and ac- commodation of the labourer , will especially depend ...
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... comparatively slow . The rate of wages in such countries may not , all things taken into ac- count , differ very materially . But the situation of the la- bourers in new countries will , notwithstanding , be generally preferable ...
... comparatively slow . The rate of wages in such countries may not , all things taken into ac- count , differ very materially . But the situation of the la- bourers in new countries will , notwithstanding , be generally preferable ...
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... comparatively dense population . But in America , as elsewhere , the best lands will , in the long run , be exhausted ; and whenever this is the case , increased supplies of food can only be had by resorting to such as are less fertile ...
... comparatively dense population . But in America , as elsewhere , the best lands will , in the long run , be exhausted ; and whenever this is the case , increased supplies of food can only be had by resorting to such as are less fertile ...
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... of nations ; but those of ordinary men embrace a comparatively narrow range . Their views seldom , indeed , extend even to the class to which they B belong . They include only themselves , their families , CAPITAL AND POPULATION . 17.
... of nations ; but those of ordinary men embrace a comparatively narrow range . Their views seldom , indeed , extend even to the class to which they B belong . They include only themselves , their families , CAPITAL AND POPULATION . 17.
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