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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... England , an all but infinite variety of articles , including buildings , ships and machinery of all sorts , the lower animals in a state of domestication , with food , clothes , & c . But it is unneces- sary , in an inquiry of this ...
... England , an all but infinite variety of articles , including buildings , ships and machinery of all sorts , the lower animals in a state of domestication , with food , clothes , & c . But it is unneces- sary , in an inquiry of this ...
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... England and Wales amount- ed to 6,039,000 in 1750 , and to 17,905,831 in 1851 , showing that the population , and therefore the capital , of that coun- try , applicable to the support of man , or the supply of food , clothes , and other ...
... England and Wales amount- ed to 6,039,000 in 1750 , and to 17,905,831 in 1851 , showing that the population , and therefore the capital , of that coun- try , applicable to the support of man , or the supply of food , clothes , and other ...
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... England and Wales varied from thirty - six to forty bushels an acre ; 1 while that obtained from the inferior lands did not exceed eight or ten bushels . But in past times , when the population was scanty , and tillage was confined to ...
... England and Wales varied from thirty - six to forty bushels an acre ; 1 while that obtained from the inferior lands did not exceed eight or ten bushels . But in past times , when the population was scanty , and tillage was confined to ...
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... England , it might be supposed that agricultural industry in the former would be about twice as productive as in the latter , and that the power which each country possesses of increasing that portion of its capital which consists of ...
... England , it might be supposed that agricultural industry in the former would be about twice as productive as in the latter , and that the power which each country possesses of increasing that portion of its capital which consists of ...
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... England , the probability is , that in- dustry would be no better rewarded there than here , and that the progress of both countries in wealth and population would not be very different . The free importation of corn and other articles ...
... England , the probability is , that in- dustry would be no better rewarded there than here , and that the progress of both countries in wealth and population would not be very different . The free importation of corn and other articles ...
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advantage amount become better Britain capital and population CHAPTER circumstances Combination Act comfort common comparatively condition conduct consequence considerable corn crease demand for labour depend depressed destitution diminished dition earnings effect employed ENCYCLOPEDIA endeavour engaged England equal exertion facilities of Production fall 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 London 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 potatoes poverty principle proper proportion quantity raise wages rate of wages reduced repeal respect rise savings-banks septier species statute subsistence supplies of food supposed tillage tion trade undertakings wages of labour WEALTH OF NATIONS wheaten bread Wood Engravings work-houses work-people workmen