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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... idle . It is thus apparent that the ratio which the progress of capital bears to the progress of population , is the pivot on which the comfort and well - being of the great bulk of society must always turn . If the proportion of ...
... idle . It is thus apparent that the ratio which the progress of capital bears to the progress of population , is the pivot on which the comfort and well - being of the great bulk of society must always turn . If the proportion of ...
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... idle ; and being free to choose , they are alone responsible for the consequences of their choice . It is , we admit , visionary to expect , as some theorists have done , that the progress of population should ever be exactly ad- justed ...
... idle ; and being free to choose , they are alone responsible for the consequences of their choice . It is , we admit , visionary to expect , as some theorists have done , that the progress of population should ever be exactly ad- justed ...
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... idle to indulge in conjectures in regard to the consequences of this sudden and unprecedented decline of population , but we would fain hope that they may be beneficial ; and that , like the fire of London in 1666 , the French ...
... idle to indulge in conjectures in regard to the consequences of this sudden and unprecedented decline of population , but we would fain hope that they may be beneficial ; and that , like the fire of London in 1666 , the French ...
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... idle the other three . This , however , is by no means the case with the greater part . Workmen , on the contrary , when they are liberally paid by the piece , are very apt to overwork themselves , and to ruin their health and ...
... idle the other three . This , however , is by no means the case with the greater part . Workmen , on the contrary , when they are liberally paid by the piece , are very apt to overwork themselves , and to ruin their health and ...
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... idle and dissi- pated . The spirit of industry by which they are now so eminently distinguished , will evaporate ; and with it the prosperity and tranquillity of Britain ! These statements sufficiently show , that it is as much for the ...
... idle and dissi- pated . The spirit of industry by which they are now so eminently distinguished , will evaporate ; and with it the prosperity and tranquillity of Britain ! These statements sufficiently show , that it is as much for the ...
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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