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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... corn and butcher's - meat , would probably maintain two or more if they lived principally on potatoes . And , whatever may be the articles of subsistence used by a people , they will , it is obvious , be powerfully affected by ...
... corn and butcher's - meat , would probably maintain two or more if they lived principally on potatoes . And , whatever may be the articles of subsistence used by a people , they will , it is obvious , be powerfully affected by ...
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... corn , beef , & c . , than we did at the last- mentioned period , notwithstanding prices have fallen heavily in the interval . In England and the United States , whose inhabitants speak the same language , and have a very extensive ...
... corn , beef , & c . , than we did at the last- mentioned period , notwithstanding prices have fallen heavily in the interval . In England and the United States , whose inhabitants speak the same language , and have a very extensive ...
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... corn and other articles of food does not materially affect the previous statements . Prices in a country which habitually imports a portion of its sup- plies , must be higher than in those from which she imports ; and she is thus laid ...
... corn and other articles of food does not materially affect the previous statements . Prices in a country which habitually imports a portion of its sup- plies , must be higher than in those from which she imports ; and she is thus laid ...
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... corn , renders her admirably well fitted for pastoral purposes . Her herbage is , perhaps , the finest and most luxuriant in Europe . And under the free commercial system which is now being established , the presumption is , that the ...
... corn , renders her admirably well fitted for pastoral purposes . Her herbage is , perhaps , the finest and most luxuriant in Europe . And under the free commercial system which is now being established , the presumption is , that the ...
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... corn or of the principal necessaries of life , sustains any material advance . " It will be observed , " says Mr Milne , in his valuable " Treatise on Annuities , ” in reference to the prices of wheat in England , " that any material ...
... corn or of the principal necessaries of life , sustains any material advance . " It will be observed , " says Mr Milne , in his valuable " Treatise on Annuities , ” in reference to the prices of wheat in England , " that any material ...
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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