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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... hand of the dili- gent which bears rule . " We may therefore say with Paley , that " Every man has his work . The kind of work varies , and that is all the difference there is . A great deal of labour exists beside that of the hands ...
... hand of the dili- gent which bears rule . " We may therefore say with Paley , that " Every man has his work . The kind of work varies , and that is all the difference there is . A great deal of labour exists beside that of the hands ...
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... hand , population be increased faster than capital , a less share will be apportioned to each individual , and the rate of wages will be reduced . To illustrate this principle , let us suppose that the capital of a country , annually ...
... hand , population be increased faster than capital , a less share will be apportioned to each individual , and the rate of wages will be reduced . To illustrate this principle , let us suppose that the capital of a country , annually ...
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... 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 wages will have a constant tendency to fall ; and ...
... 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 wages will have a constant tendency to fall ; and ...
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... hand , the continued dependence of the population on the potato , and the confidence placed by them on it for support , notwithstanding its many recent fail- ures , are very unfavourable symptoms . Whatever may be their situation in ...
... hand , the continued dependence of the population on the potato , and the confidence placed by them on it for support , notwithstanding its many recent fail- ures , are very unfavourable symptoms . Whatever may be their situation in ...
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... hands thrown upon it ? This question should , we think , be answered in the affirmative . A very extensive voluntary emigration has been going on for a lengthened period from Great Britain , with great advantage to the emigrants ...
... hands thrown upon it ? This question should , we think , be answered in the affirmative . A very extensive voluntary emigration has been going on for a lengthened period from Great Britain , with great advantage to the emigrants ...
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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