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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... become more and more prosperous . But , on the other hand , if population have a tendency to increase faster than capital , it is equally plain , unless this tendency be checked by the prudence and fore- thought of the labourers , that ...
... become more and more prosperous . But , on the other hand , if population have a tendency to increase faster than capital , it is equally plain , unless this tendency be checked by the prudence and fore- thought of the labourers , that ...
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... become . Hence , in America , while farming is low , profits are high . But in Great Britain , and other long - settled and densely - peopled countries , the state of society is widely different . Here farming is high and profits low ...
... become . Hence , in America , while farming is low , profits are high . But in Great Britain , and other long - settled and densely - peopled countries , the state of society is widely different . Here farming is high and profits low ...
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... becomes more difficult to obtain supplies of new land , a better and more careful system of tillage will be applied to the old land . Still , however , there can be no doubt that , partly from the farmers being the owners of the land ...
... becomes more difficult to obtain supplies of new land , a better and more careful system of tillage will be applied to the old land . Still , however , there can be no doubt that , partly from the farmers being the owners of the land ...
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... becoming very con- siderable ; while it , at the same time , affords the best at- tainable security against the recurrence of those periods of scarcity and high prices which are always productive of great public inconvenience and ...
... becoming very con- siderable ; while it , at the same time , affords the best at- tainable security against the recurrence of those periods of scarcity and high prices which are always productive of great public inconvenience and ...
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... become deficient . But the principle of increase is quite as strong in Yorkshire or Normandy as it is in Kentucky or Illinois , and yet it is plainly impossible that the population of England or France can be doubled in so short a ...
... become deficient . But the principle of increase is quite as strong in Yorkshire or Normandy as it is in Kentucky or Illinois , and yet it is plainly impossible that the population of England or France can be doubled in so short a ...
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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