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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... situation , the richness of its soil , or the extent of its territory . These , undoubtedly , are circumstances of very great importance , and have a powerful influence in determin- ing the rate at which a people advance , or may ...
... situation , the richness of its soil , or the extent of its territory . These , undoubtedly , are circumstances of very great importance , and have a powerful influence in determin- ing the rate at which a people advance , or may ...
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... situation . They would carry fewer pieces of gold and silver to market than formerly ; but these would serve to buy the same quan- tity of commodities . Whatever , therefore , may be the state of money wages in a country - whether they ...
... situation . They would carry fewer pieces of gold and silver to market than formerly ; but these would serve to buy the same quan- tity of commodities . Whatever , therefore , may be the state of money wages in a country - whether they ...
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... situation of the la- bourers in new countries will , notwithstanding , be generally preferable , inasmuch as they afford greater facilities to in- dustrious individuals of acquiring land , and raising themselves to a superior station ...
... situation of the la- bourers in new countries will , notwithstanding , be generally preferable , inasmuch as they afford greater facilities to in- dustrious individuals of acquiring land , and raising themselves to a superior station ...
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... situation so far improved . And such being the cause of the evil , it is plain that , without its being obviated or mitigated , and without the numbers of the Irish people becoming more commensurate with the funds for their support ...
... situation so far improved . And such being the cause of the evil , it is plain that , without its being obviated or mitigated , and without the numbers of the Irish people becoming more commensurate with the funds for their support ...
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... situation in other respects , a people depending upon so un- certain and worthless a resource , cannot be otherwise than poor and miserable . The paramount importance of the increase of population being subordinate to that of capital ...
... situation in other respects , a people depending upon so un- certain and worthless a resource , cannot be otherwise than poor and miserable . The paramount importance of the increase of population being subordinate to that of capital ...
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