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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... gives a security against this disadvantage ever becoming very con- siderable ; while it , at the same time , affords the best at- tainable security against the recurrence of those periods of scarcity and high prices which are always ...
... gives a security against this disadvantage ever becoming very con- siderable ; while it , at the same time , affords the best at- tainable security against the recurrence of those periods of scarcity and high prices which are always ...
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... give it a practical bearing and real influence . It is evident , on the least reflection , that poverty is the source of the greater portion of the ills which afflict humanity ; and there can be no reasonable doubt , that a too rapid ...
... give it a practical bearing and real influence . It is evident , on the least reflection , that poverty is the source of the greater portion of the ills which afflict humanity ; and there can be no reasonable doubt , that a too rapid ...
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... give greater facilities to production . But beyond this , its interference will be pro- ductive of mischief rather than of good . And , if it attempt to set up national workshops for the employment of the poor , it will increase the ...
... give greater facilities to production . But beyond this , its interference will be pro- ductive of mischief rather than of good . And , if it attempt to set up national workshops for the employment of the poor , it will increase the ...
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... gives , among many others to the same effect , the following account of the number of births and deaths within the London bills of mor- tality in 1798 , 1800 , and 1802 . Births . Deaths . Price of Wheat . 1798 19,581 20,755 £ 2 10 3 ...
... gives , among many others to the same effect , the following account of the number of births and deaths within the London bills of mor- tality in 1798 , 1800 , and 1802 . Births . Deaths . Price of Wheat . 1798 19,581 20,755 £ 2 10 3 ...
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... gives to the principle of population can be felt in the market . During all this period , therefore , the labourers have an increased command over necessaries and conveniences . Their habits are in consequence improved . And as they ...
... gives to the principle of population can be felt in the market . During all this period , therefore , the labourers have an increased command over necessaries and conveniences . Their habits are in consequence improved . And as they ...
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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