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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... advance , or may advance , in wealth and civilization . But it is obviously not on them , but on the amount of the capital devoted to the payment of wages , in the possession of a country at any given period , that its power of ...
... advance , or may advance , in wealth and civilization . But it is obviously not on them , but on the amount of the capital devoted to the payment of wages , in the possession of a country at any given period , that its power of ...
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... advance or diminution . The well - being and comfort of the labouring classes are therefore immediately dependent on the relation which their increase bears to the increase of the capital which is to feed and em- ploy them . If they ...
... advance or diminution . The well - being and comfort of the labouring classes are therefore immediately dependent on the relation which their increase bears to the increase of the capital which is to feed and em- ploy them . If they ...
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... advance in different countries , is to be found in the circumstance of industry being more productive in 1 It has more than doubled ; for the condition of all classes has been greatly improved . some than in others . Capital consists of ...
... advance in different countries , is to be found in the circumstance of industry being more productive in 1 It has more than doubled ; for the condition of all classes has been greatly improved . some than in others . Capital consists of ...
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... advance in wealth and population is comparatively slow . The rate of wages in such countries may not , all things taken into ac- count , differ very materially . But the situation of the la- bourers in new countries will ...
... advance in wealth and population is comparatively slow . The rate of wages in such countries may not , all things taken into ac- count , differ very materially . But the situation of the la- bourers in new countries will ...
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... advance in the same proportion for a lengthened period ; or , it might be , until the space required to carry on the operations of industry had become deficient . But the principle of increase is quite as strong in Yorkshire or Normandy ...
... advance in the same proportion for a lengthened period ; or , it might be , until the space required to carry on the operations of industry had become deficient . But the principle of increase is quite as strong in Yorkshire or Normandy ...
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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