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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... soil can be cultivated , capital must be provided for the sup- port of the labourers employed upon it , in like manner as it must be provided for the support of those engaged in 4 PROPORTION OF CAPITAL TO POPULATION .
... soil can be cultivated , capital must be provided for the sup- port of the labourers employed upon it , in like manner as it must be provided for the support of those engaged in 4 PROPORTION OF CAPITAL TO POPULATION .
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... proportion than the number of labourers , or by diminishing the number of labourers in a greater proportion than the amount of capital . So long as capital and popula- tion continue to march abreast , or to increase or diminish in the ...
... proportion than the number of labourers , or by diminishing the number of labourers in a greater proportion than the amount of capital . So long as capital and popula- tion continue to march abreast , or to increase or diminish in the ...
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... proportion of capital to population is enlarged ; and they do not really fall , except when that proportion is diminished . But , though the principle now stated be sufficiently obvi- ous , several unfounded inferences have been deduced ...
... proportion of capital to population is enlarged ; and they do not really fall , except when that proportion is diminished . But , though the principle now stated be sufficiently obvi- ous , several unfounded inferences have been deduced ...
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... proportion between capital and labour , the condition of the labourers is not determined by that rate only , but partly by it , and partly also , and perhaps principally , by the mode in which they expend their wages , that is , by ...
... proportion between capital and labour , the condition of the labourers is not determined by that rate only , but partly by it , and partly also , and perhaps principally , by the mode in which they expend their wages , that is , by ...
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... proportions . This is obviously a very important inquiry . If capital have a tendency to ad- vance faster than population , then it is plain that wages must have an equal tendency to increase , and the condition of the labouring classes ...
... proportions . This is obviously a very important inquiry . If capital have a tendency to ad- vance faster than population , then it is plain that wages must have an equal tendency to increase , and the condition of the labouring classes ...
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