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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... is the lowest amount to which the rate of wages can be permanently reduced ; and it is for this reason that it has been called the natural or ne- cessary rate of wages . The market or current rate NECESSARY RATE OF WAGES . 25.
... is the lowest amount to which the rate of wages can be permanently reduced ; and it is for this reason that it has been called the natural or ne- cessary rate of wages . The market or current rate NECESSARY RATE OF WAGES . 25.
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... reason is , that the supply of labourers in the market can neither be speedily increased when wages rise , nor speedily diminished when they fall . When wages rise , a period of eighteen or twenty years must plainly elapse before the ...
... reason is , that the supply of labourers in the market can neither be speedily increased when wages rise , nor speedily diminished when they fall . When wages rise , a period of eighteen or twenty years must plainly elapse before the ...
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... reason and humanity , they have frequently occasion rather to moderate than to animate the application of many of their workmen . It will be found , I believe , in every sort of trade , that the man who works so moderately as to be able ...
... reason and humanity , they have frequently occasion rather to moderate than to animate the application of many of their workmen . It will be found , I believe , in every sort of trade , that the man who works so moderately as to be able ...
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... reason why the keeper of a small inn or tavern , who is never master of his own house , and who is exposed to the brutality of every drunkard , exercises one of the most profitable of the common trades . The contrary circumstances have ...
... reason why the keeper of a small inn or tavern , who is never master of his own house , and who is exposed to the brutality of every drunkard , exercises one of the most profitable of the common trades . The contrary circumstances have ...
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... reason is , that the navy of the United States is manned by means of voluntary enlistment only . The Americans are desirous of becoming a great naval power , and they have wisely relin- quished a practice which would have driven their ...
... reason is , that the navy of the United States is manned by means of voluntary enlistment only . The Americans are desirous of becoming a great naval power , and they have wisely relin- quished a practice which would have driven their ...
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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