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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... the rise has been occasioned by an increased difficulty of production , and that it will be per- manent , the question is , will the money wages of labour continue at their former elevation , or will they rise NECESSARY RATE OF WAGES . 27.
... the rise has been occasioned by an increased difficulty of production , and that it will be per- manent , the question is , will the money wages of labour continue at their former elevation , or will they rise NECESSARY RATE OF WAGES . 27.
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... former , and an increase of the latter , whenever the price of corn or of the principal necessaries of life , sustains any material advance . " It will be observed , " says Mr Milne , in his valuable " Treatise on Annuities , " in ...
... former , and an increase of the latter , whenever the price of corn or of the principal necessaries of life , sustains any material advance . " It will be observed , " says Mr Milne , in his valuable " Treatise on Annuities , " in ...
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... former year by no fewer than 50,000.1 It may here , perhaps , be proper to mention , that it has been long observed that the tendency of wages is not to rise , but rather to fall , in unusually dear years . Several of the witnesses ...
... former year by no fewer than 50,000.1 It may here , perhaps , be proper to mention , that it has been long observed that the tendency of wages is not to rise , but rather to fall , in unusually dear years . Several of the witnesses ...
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... former level . Under the circumstances supposed , the cost of raising and supporting labourers would be reduced ; and it is by this cost that the current rate of wages must in the end be deter- mined . A people , for example , who have ...
... former level . Under the circumstances supposed , the cost of raising and supporting labourers would be reduced ; and it is by this cost that the current rate of wages must in the end be deter- mined . A people , for example , who have ...
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... wants , however different , are equally advantageous . Some of them , such as the prevalent taste for gin and tobacco , especially the former , cannot be e too much regretted . Intemperance is the bane , 40 ADVANTAGE OF HIGH WAGES .
... wants , however different , are equally advantageous . Some of them , such as the prevalent taste for gin and tobacco , especially the former , cannot be e too much regretted . Intemperance is the bane , 40 ADVANTAGE OF HIGH WAGES .
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