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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... supposed to be the means of bringing into the market , time is afforded for the formation of those new and improved tastes and habits , which are not the hasty product of a day , a month , or a year , but the late result of a long ...
... supposed to be the means of bringing into the market , time is afforded for the formation of those new and improved tastes and habits , which are not the hasty product of a day , a month , or a year , but the late result of a long ...
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... 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 been accustomed to live chiefly on ...
... 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 been accustomed to live chiefly on ...
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... supposed , that those who have nothing will submit to be starved without previously attempting to seize on the property of others ? Whatever may be said to the contrary , famine and the virtues of patience and resignation are not on ...
... supposed , that those who have nothing will submit to be starved without previously attempting to seize on the property of others ? Whatever may be said to the contrary , famine and the virtues of patience and resignation are not on ...
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... supposed to last in his utmost vigour above eight years . Something of the same kind happens in many other trades , in which the workmen are paid by the piece ; as they generally are in manufactures , and even in country labour ...
... supposed to last in his utmost vigour above eight years . Something of the same kind happens in many other trades , in which the workmen are paid by the piece ; as they generally are in manufactures , and even in country labour ...
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... supposed that any individual should be so blind to his own interests as to engage or continue in an occupation considered as mean and disreputable , or where the labour is severe , if he obtain only the same rate of wages that may be ...
... supposed that any individual should be so blind to his own interests as to engage or continue in an occupation considered as mean and disreputable , or where the labour is severe , if he obtain only the same rate of wages that may be ...
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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