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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... doubt be , and frequently is , defeated by the greater weight .of the public burdens in the more productive country , by de- fective institutions , a feeling of insecurity , or some such modifying principle . But where these do not ...
... doubt be , and frequently is , defeated by the greater weight .of the public burdens in the more productive country , by de- fective institutions , a feeling of insecurity , or some such modifying principle . But where these do not ...
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... doubt that , partly from the farmers being the owners of the land which they culti- vate , partly from their not being obliged to resort to inferior soils , and partly from their exemption from tithes , and the smaller amount of their ...
... doubt that , partly from the farmers being the owners of the land which they culti- vate , partly from their not being obliged to resort to inferior soils , and partly from their exemption from tithes , and the smaller amount of their ...
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... doubt , that a too rapid increase of population , by occasioning a redundant supply of labour , an excessive competition for employment , and low wages , is the most efficient cause of poverty . It is now too late to contend that a ...
... doubt , that a too rapid increase of population , by occasioning a redundant supply of labour , an excessive competition for employment , and low wages , is the most efficient cause of poverty . It is now too late to contend that a ...
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... doubts that the capital of the former has increased consider- ably during the last fifty or a hundred years , though , when we compare the slow growth of the towns and manufactures , the fewness of the public works , and the scanty ...
... doubts that the capital of the former has increased consider- ably during the last fifty or a hundred years , though , when we compare the slow growth of the towns and manufactures , the fewness of the public works , and the scanty ...
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... doubt can be entertained , and to whose opinions on most subjects great deference is due , that high wages , instead of encouraging industry , become a fruit- ful source of idleness and dissipation . It is indeed a common allegation ...
... doubt can be entertained , and to whose opinions on most subjects great deference is due , that high wages , instead of encouraging industry , become a fruit- ful source of idleness and dissipation . It is indeed a common allegation ...
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Adam Smith advance of wages advantage amount become Britain circumstances Combination Act combination laws comfort common comparatively condition conduct consequence considerable crease degree demand for labour depend depressed destitution diminished dition earnings effect employed employment endeavour engaged England equal exertion facility fall famine forethought friendly societies greater habits high wages idle improved improvident increase of capital individuals industry influence injurious interest Ireland Irish labouring classes land latter less Lord John Russell manufacturing marriages masters means ment natural or necessary necessaries and conveniences necessary rate number of labourers obtain occasion paid parties period poor portion potatoes poverty principle productive proper proportion quantity raise wages rate of wages reduced regard repeal respect rise savings-banks septier sort statute subsistence sufficient supplies of food supposed tillage tion trade wages of labour Wealth of Nations well-being wheaten bread work-houses work-people workmen