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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... subsistence , in so far at least as they depend on their employment , is de- rived from wages ; and they are as evidently labourers as if they handled a shuttle or a spade , or held a plough . Even those to whom ample fortunes have ...
... subsistence , in so far at least as they depend on their employment , is de- rived from wages ; and they are as evidently labourers as if they handled a shuttle or a spade , or held a plough . Even those to whom ample fortunes have ...
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... subsistence falling to each labourer , or the rate of wages , depends on the proportion which the whole capital bears to the whole labouring population . If capital be in- creased , without a corresponding increase taking place in the ...
... subsistence falling to each labourer , or the rate of wages , depends on the proportion which the whole capital bears to the whole labouring population . If capital be in- creased , without a corresponding increase taking place in the ...
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... subsistence used by a people , they will , it is obvious , be powerfully affected by variations in their supply and price , 1 by the skill with which they are applied to their respective purposes , and the economy with which they are ...
... subsistence used by a people , they will , it is obvious , be powerfully affected by variations in their supply and price , 1 by the skill with which they are applied to their respective purposes , and the economy with which they are ...
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... subsistence and ac- commodation of the labourer , will especially depend on the productiveness of the soils that are under tillage . Were agriculture in the same state of advancement in any two countries , and the soils under ...
... subsistence and ac- commodation of the labourer , will especially depend on the productiveness of the soils that are under tillage . Were agriculture in the same state of advancement in any two countries , and the soils under ...
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... so nearly the same , that it may , in the language of mathe- maticians , be considered as a constant quantity . However rapidly the means of subsistence have occasionally been in- creasing CAPITAL AND POPULATION . 13.
... so nearly the same , that it may , in the language of mathe- maticians , be considered as a constant quantity . However rapidly the means of subsistence have occasionally been in- creasing CAPITAL AND POPULATION . 13.
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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