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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... tion . Till it be acquired and acted upon , they cannot help forming unreasonable and unfounded conclusions in regard to many important points in the conduct of life ; sometimes doing that from which they ought most carefully to abstain ...
... tion . Till it be acquired and acted upon , they cannot help forming unreasonable and unfounded conclusions in regard to many important points in the conduct of life ; sometimes doing that from which they ought most carefully to abstain ...
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... tion continue to march abreast , or to increase or diminish in the same proportion , so long will the rate of wages continue unaffected . It is only when the proportion of capital to population varies - when it is increased or ...
... tion continue to march abreast , or to increase or diminish in the same proportion , so long will the rate of wages continue unaffected . It is only when the proportion of capital to population varies - when it is increased or ...
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... tion in a country , than on the magnitude of its capital . It is , however , all but indifferent whether the amount of money received by labourers as wages be great or small . They will always receive such a sum as will suffice to put ...
... tion in a country , than on the magnitude of its capital . It is , however , all but indifferent whether the amount of money received by labourers as wages be great or small . They will always receive such a sum as will suffice to put ...
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... tion of wretches born only to be starved . Mr Malthus was probably the first who conclusively showed that , speaking generally , the tendency of population is not merely to keep abreast with the increase of the means of subsistence ...
... tion of wretches born only to be starved . Mr Malthus was probably the first who conclusively showed that , speaking generally , the tendency of population is not merely to keep abreast with the increase of the means of subsistence ...
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... tion , and relieving the market of the surplus hands thrown upon it ? This question should , we think , be answered in the affirmative . A very extensive voluntary emigration has been going on for a lengthened period from Great Britain ...
... tion , and relieving the market of the surplus hands thrown upon it ? This question should , we think , be answered in the affirmative . A very extensive voluntary emigration has been going on for a lengthened period from Great Britain ...
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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