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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... enter into matrimonial connections without having something like a rea- sonable prospect of being able to maintain the children that may be expected to spring from them . And marriages are , in consequence , very generally deferred to a ...
... enter into matrimonial connections without having something like a rea- sonable prospect of being able to maintain the children that may be expected to spring from them . And marriages are , in consequence , very generally deferred to a ...
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... entering into a matrimonial engagement , must feel that he is about to undertake a serious responsibility . The wages or resources which may be able to support himself comfortably , may be insufficient for the support of two , or three ...
... entering into a matrimonial engagement , must feel that he is about to undertake a serious responsibility . The wages or resources which may be able to support himself comfortably , may be insufficient for the support of two , or three ...
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... entering on it prematurely to depress their own condition and that of their children . But if the number of labourers cannot suddenly increase when wages rise , neither can it suddenly diminish when they fall 34 NECESSARY RATE OF WAGES .
... entering on it prematurely to depress their own condition and that of their children . But if the number of labourers cannot suddenly increase when wages rise , neither can it suddenly diminish when they fall 34 NECESSARY RATE OF WAGES .
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... enter- prising . The experience of all ages and nations , proves that liberal wages are the keenest spur to assiduous exertion . Wherever they are high , workmen have not only a consider- able command over necessaries and conveniences ...
... enter- prising . The experience of all ages and nations , proves that liberal wages are the keenest spur to assiduous exertion . Wherever they are high , workmen have not only a consider- able command over necessaries and conveniences ...
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... enter it , as can only be overcome by the high wages which butchers are said to earn , notwith- standing the lightness of their labour . This also is the reason why the keeper of a small inn or tavern , who is never master of his own ...
... enter it , as can only be overcome by the high wages which butchers are said to earn , notwith- standing the lightness of their labour . This also is the reason why the keeper of a small inn or tavern , who is never master of his own ...
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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