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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... given period , that its power of supporting and employing labourers en- tirely depends . Holland is less fertile than Poland or Hun- gary , and Lancashire is less fertile than Kent ; but , owing to their greater command of capital , the ...
... given period , that its power of supporting and employing labourers en- tirely depends . Holland is less fertile than Poland or Hun- gary , and Lancashire is less fertile than Kent ; but , owing to their greater command of capital , the ...
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... given country , at any specified period , depends on the ratio between the portion of its capital appropriated to the payment of wages , and the number of its labourers . The next object , in the natural order of inquiry , is to ...
... given country , at any specified period , depends on the ratio between the portion of its capital appropriated to the payment of wages , and the number of its labourers . The next object , in the natural order of inquiry , is to ...
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... given to the increase of po- pulation , that the standard of human subsistence will be reduced to the lowest assignable limit , and that famine and pestilence will be perpetually at work to relieve the popula- tion of wretches born only ...
... given to the increase of po- pulation , that the standard of human subsistence will be reduced to the lowest assignable limit , and that famine and pestilence will be perpetually at work to relieve the popula- tion of wretches born only ...
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... given them security and free- dom . But the use or abuse of these inestimable advantages is their own affair . They may be either provident or improvi- dent , industrious or idle ; and being free to choose , they are alone responsible ...
... given them security and free- dom . But the use or abuse of these inestimable advantages is their own affair . They may be either provident or improvi- dent , industrious or idle ; and being free to choose , they are alone responsible ...
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... given them of maintaining themselves in their present position , or of rising to a higher . Such persons are to the poor what a treacherous guide is to a traveller in a strange country . They lead them from the only path that can ...
... given them of maintaining themselves in their present position , or of rising to a higher . Such persons are to the poor what a treacherous guide is to a traveller in a strange country . They lead them from the only path that can ...
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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