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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... amount of the capital devoted to the payment of wages , in the possession of a country at any given period , that its power of supporting and employing labourers en- tirely depends . Holland is less fertile than Poland or Hun- gary ...
... amount of the capital devoted to the payment of wages , in the possession of a country at any given period , that its power of supporting and employing labourers en- tirely depends . Holland is less fertile than Poland or Hun- gary ...
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... amount of subsistence falling to each labourer , or the rate of wages , depends on the proportion which the whole ... amount of capital in a greater proportion than the number of labourers , or by diminishing the number of labourers in a ...
... amount of subsistence falling to each labourer , or the rate of wages , depends on the proportion which the whole ... amount of capital in a greater proportion than the number of labourers , or by diminishing the number of labourers in a ...
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... amount will , in consequence , depend more on the supply of money in circula- 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 ...
... amount will , in consequence , depend more on the supply of money in circula- 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 ...
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... amount of wages that would suffice to maintain a workman who lived princi- pally on corn and butcher's - meat , would probably maintain two or more if they lived principally on potatoes . And , whatever may be the articles of ...
... amount of wages that would suffice to maintain a workman who lived princi- pally on corn and butcher's - meat , would probably maintain two or more if they lived principally on potatoes . And , whatever may be the articles of ...
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... 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 articles ...
... 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 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