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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... conduct of life ; sometimes doing that from which they ought most carefully to abstain , and at other times leaving undone that which they ought resolutely to set about ; neglecting the good that is dependent on themselves and within ...
... conduct of life ; sometimes doing that from which they ought most carefully to abstain , and at other times leaving undone that which they ought resolutely to set about ; neglecting the good that is dependent on themselves and within ...
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... conduct and habits of the labourers , more especially on the description and cost of the articles used by them , and on their frugality and forethought . The same amount of wages that would suffice to maintain a workman who lived princi ...
... conduct and habits of the labourers , more especially on the description and cost of the articles used by them , and on their frugality and forethought . The same amount of wages that would suffice to maintain a workman who lived princi ...
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... conduct than on that of their rulers . Not that we mean by this to insinuate , that the influence of govern- ments over their subjects is not great and powerful , or that the latter should not be governed in the best possible man- ner ...
... conduct than on that of their rulers . Not that we mean by this to insinuate , that the influence of govern- ments over their subjects is not great and powerful , or that the latter should not be governed in the best possible man- ner ...
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... conduct to comfort and respectability , to one which is sure to terminate in disappointment and disgrace . But It will , we presume , be universally admitted , that practi- cally it is impossible to increase the supplies of food and ...
... conduct to comfort and respectability , to one which is sure to terminate in disappointment and disgrace . But It will , we presume , be universally admitted , that practi- cally it is impossible to increase the supplies of food and ...
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... conduct and exertions : to be comfortable , if they prac- tise thrift and industry ; and wretched , if they indulge in waste and idleness . CHAPTER III . Natural or Necessary Rate of Wages , different in different Countries and Periods ...
... conduct and exertions : to be comfortable , if they prac- tise thrift and industry ; and wretched , if they indulge in waste and idleness . CHAPTER III . Natural or Necessary Rate of Wages , different in different Countries and Periods ...
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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