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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... equal assiduity , more attention , more anxiety . It is not true , therefore , that men of elevated stations are exempted from work ; it is only true that there is assigned to them work of a different kind : whether more easy or more ...
... equal assiduity , more attention , more anxiety . It is not true , therefore , that men of elevated stations are exempted from work ; it is only true that there is assigned to them work of a different kind : whether more easy or more ...
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... equal tendency to increase , and the condition of the labouring classes must , speaking generally , become more and more prosperous . But , on the other hand , if population have a tendency to increase faster than capital , it is ...
... equal tendency to increase , and the condition of the labouring classes must , speaking generally , become more and more prosperous . But , on the other hand , if population have a tendency to increase faster than capital , it is ...
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... equal , or nearly equal , in two countries , and yet their agriculture may be widely different . Scientific knowledge , which is generally confined to a few , and the application of that knowledge by the parties engaged in any great ...
... equal , or nearly equal , in two countries , and yet their agriculture may be widely different . Scientific knowledge , which is generally confined to a few , and the application of that knowledge by the parties engaged in any great ...
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... equal , increase most under a just and liberal government . But experience sufficiently proves , that the power which men possess of in- creasing their numbers , is sufficiently strong to make popu- lation keep pace with the progress of ...
... equal , increase most under a just and liberal government . But experience sufficiently proves , that the power which men possess of in- creasing their numbers , is sufficiently strong to make popu- lation keep pace with the progress of ...
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... equal differences in their wages ; so that , while the average price of a day's labour in England may be taken at from 20d . to 2s . , it cannot be taken at more than 7d . in Ireland , and 3d . in Hindostan . The habits of the people of ...
... equal differences in their wages ; so that , while the average price of a day's labour in England may be taken at from 20d . to 2s . , it cannot be taken at more than 7d . in Ireland , and 3d . in Hindostan . The habits of the people of ...
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