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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... paid to la- bourers by those who employ them , in return for their ser- vices . Taken in its widest sense , the term labourers is very com- prehensive . In addition to the myriads who are engaged in agricultural , commercial , and ...
... paid to la- bourers by those who employ them , in return for their ser- vices . Taken in its widest sense , the term labourers is very com- prehensive . In addition to the myriads who are engaged in agricultural , commercial , and ...
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... paid . We should err if we supposed that the capacity of a country to feed and employ labourers , is to be measured by the advantageousness of its situation , the richness of its soil , or the extent of its territory . These ...
... paid . We should err if we supposed that the capacity of a country to feed and employ labourers , is to be measured by the advantageousness of its situation , the richness of its soil , or the extent of its territory . These ...
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... paid in money , the labourers exchange it for necessaries and conveniences ; and it is the quantity of these which the money paid them will buy , rather than the money itself , that is to be considered as really forming their wages . If ...
... paid in money , the labourers exchange it for necessaries and conveniences ; and it is the quantity of these which the money paid them will buy , rather than the money itself , that is to be considered as really forming their wages . If ...
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... paid by the purchasers . The race of labourers would become altogether extinct , did they not obtain a sufficient quan- tity of food , and of the other articles required for their sup- port , and that of their families . This is the ...
... paid by the purchasers . The race of labourers would become altogether extinct , did they not obtain a sufficient quan- tity of food , and of the other articles required for their sup- port , and that of their families . This is the ...
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... paid at the rate of 18 sols a day ; whereas those who are employed at the same sort of work in the mines of Choco , in Peru , are paid six or seven times as much . Inasmuch , however , as the food and other articles consumed by the ...
... paid at the rate of 18 sols a day ; whereas those who are employed at the same sort of work in the mines of Choco , in Peru , are paid six or seven times as much . Inasmuch , however , as the food and other articles consumed by 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