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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... true , therefore , that men of elevated stations are exempted from work ; it is only true that there is assigned to them work of a different kind : whether more easy or more pleasant may be questioned ; but certainly not less wanted ...
... true , therefore , that men of elevated stations are exempted from work ; it is only true that there is assigned to them work of a different kind : whether more easy or more pleasant may be questioned ; but certainly not less wanted ...
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... true that capital , or the means of supporting and em- ploying labour , will , supposing other things equal , increase most under a just and liberal government . But experience sufficiently proves , that the power which men possess of ...
... true that capital , or the means of supporting and em- ploying labour , will , supposing other things equal , increase most under a just and liberal government . But experience sufficiently proves , that the power which men possess of ...
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... true , and should never be forgotten , that legislation , when most successful , merely improves , to a greater or less extent , the condition of the labourers generally . It does nothing peculiar for individuals . It leaves them where ...
... true , and should never be forgotten , that legislation , when most successful , merely improves , to a greater or less extent , the condition of the labourers generally . It does nothing peculiar for individuals . It leaves them where ...
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... true , than 1 Humboldt states , that miners in Saxony are paid at the rate of 18 sols a day ; whereas those who are employed at the same sort of work in the mines of Choco , in Peru , are paid six or seven times as much . Inasmuch ...
... true , than 1 Humboldt states , that miners in Saxony are paid at the rate of 18 sols a day ; whereas those who are employed at the same sort of work in the mines of Choco , in Peru , are paid six or seven times as much . Inasmuch ...
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... true that the market rate of wages can never sink permanently below its contem- porary natural rate , it is no less true that this natural rate has a tendency to rise when the market rate rises , and to fall when it falls . The reason ...
... true that the market rate of wages can never sink permanently below its contem- porary natural rate , it is no less true that this natural rate has a tendency to rise when the market rate rises , and to fall when it falls . The reason ...
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