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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... former is comparatively dense . A fertile soil may be made a means of rapidly increasing capital ; but that is all . Before that soil can be cultivated , capital must be provided for the sup- port of the labourers employed upon it , in ...
... former is comparatively dense . A fertile soil may be made a means of rapidly increasing capital ; but that is all . Before that soil can be cultivated , capital must be provided for the sup- port of the labourers employed upon it , in ...
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... former be quite as large as those of the latter . The wages and the habits of the labouring classes are intimately connected with , and powerfully influence , each other . Generally speaking , a rise of wages , however occa- sioned ...
... former be quite as large as those of the latter . The wages and the habits of the labouring classes are intimately connected with , and powerfully influence , each other . Generally speaking , a rise of wages , however occa- sioned ...
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... former would be about twice as productive as in the latter , and that the power which each country possesses of increasing that portion of its capital which consists of food , and other farm produce , would be in about that proportion ...
... former would be about twice as productive as in the latter , and that the power which each country possesses of increasing that portion of its capital which consists of food , and other farm produce , would be in about that proportion ...
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... former has increased consider- ably during the last fifty or a hundred years , though , when we compare the slow growth of the towns and manufactures , the fewness of the public works , and the scanty improvements effected on the land ...
... former has increased consider- ably during the last fifty or a hundred years , though , when we compare the slow growth of the towns and manufactures , the fewness of the public works , and the scanty improvements effected on the land ...
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... latter , exceed the price of those consumed by the former , in about the same proportion as their money wages , they are not really in any better condition . that the market rate of wages , at any given 26 NECESSARY RATE OF WAGES .
... latter , exceed the price of those consumed by the former , in about the same proportion as their money wages , they are not really in any better condition . that the market rate of wages , at any given 26 NECESSARY RATE OF WAGES .
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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