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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... occasions . The ex- penditure even of the poorest individuals is spread , in a coun- try like this , over a great variety of articles , some of which conduce but little , while others are not unfrequently adverse , to their comfort and ...
... occasions . The ex- penditure even of the poorest individuals is spread , in a coun- try like this , over a great variety of articles , some of which conduce but little , while others are not unfrequently adverse , to their comfort and ...
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... occasions , have precisely opposite effects . Without further insisting at present on considerations which will hereafter be resumed , it is plain that the rate of wages in any given country , at any specified period , depends on the ...
... occasions , have precisely opposite effects . Without further insisting at present on considerations which will hereafter be resumed , it is plain that the rate of wages in any given country , at any specified period , depends on the ...
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... occasions an expense , which the poor man , unless he be at once frugal and industrious , can with difficulty meet . The habits of the people have been moulded accordingly . There is a general feeling that it would be imprudent to enter ...
... occasions an expense , which the poor man , unless he be at once frugal and industrious , can with difficulty meet . The habits of the people have been moulded accordingly . There is a general feeling that it would be imprudent to enter ...
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... occasion corresponding va- riations in the necessary rate of wages . Labourers in cold climates , who must be warmly clad , and whose cottages must be built of solid materials and heated with fires , could not subsist on the wages that ...
... occasion corresponding va- riations in the necessary rate of wages . Labourers in cold climates , who must be warmly clad , and whose cottages must be built of solid materials and heated with fires , could not subsist on the wages that ...
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... occasion equal differences in their wages ; so that , while the average price of a day's labour in England may be taken at from 20d . to 2s . , it cannot be taken at more than 7d . in Ireland , and 3d . in Hindostan . The habits of the ...
... occasion equal differences in their wages ; so that , while the average price of a day's labour in England may be taken at from 20d . to 2s . , it cannot be taken at more than 7d . in Ireland , and 3d . in Hindostan . The habits of the ...
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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