Civilization: Or, A Brief Analysis of the Natural Laws that Regulate the Numbers and Condition of MankingSaunders and Otley, 1836 - 216 strán (strany) |
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... raise or lower Wages 57 CHAP . IV . On the Limits of the Fund for the Employ- ment of Labour 76 CHAP . V. - On the Origin of the Fund for the Employ- ment of Labour 91 CHAP . VI . - On the Effect of Civilization upon the Health ...
... raise or lower Wages 57 CHAP . IV . On the Limits of the Fund for the Employ- ment of Labour 76 CHAP . V. - On the Origin of the Fund for the Employ- ment of Labour 91 CHAP . VI . - On the Effect of Civilization upon the Health ...
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... raised , the finished article . The proportions in which these constituent parts enter into the cost of an article , vary in every possible degree . The pendulum spring of a watch , which governs the vibrations of the balance , has been ...
... raised , the finished article . The proportions in which these constituent parts enter into the cost of an article , vary in every possible degree . The pendulum spring of a watch , which governs the vibrations of the balance , has been ...
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... raised in that neigh- bourhood as compared with the rest of the country . Let us even suppose the demand for labour throughout the whole country to be con- stant and equal , and all the work required to be done to be of the same nature ...
... raised in that neigh- bourhood as compared with the rest of the country . Let us even suppose the demand for labour throughout the whole country to be con- stant and equal , and all the work required to be done to be of the same nature ...
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... raised , it is certain that the 11. paid to each labourer is the highest wages that he can receive . For if he got more , either the raw material could not be procured , or the master would not receive his ordinary profits and would ...
... raised , it is certain that the 11. paid to each labourer is the highest wages that he can receive . For if he got more , either the raw material could not be procured , or the master would not receive his ordinary profits and would ...
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... competition may continue until the whole surplus is expended in raising the wages of the labourer . Let us take another case , and suppose that the number of labourers that can be procured is so great that it may be said to be unlimited 27.
... competition may continue until the whole surplus is expended in raising the wages of the labourer . Let us take another case , and suppose that the number of labourers that can be procured is so great that it may be said to be unlimited 27.
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Strana 205 - How absolute the knave is ! we must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us. By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it ; the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. — How long hast thou been a grave-maker? 1 Clo. Of all the days i' the year, I came to't that day that our last King Hamlet o'ercame Fortinbras.
Strana 147 - Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalled play ; For some must watch, while some must sleep : Thus runs the world away.
Strana 84 - If a landlord, or a capitalist, expends his revenue in the manner of an ancient baron, in the support of a great number of retainers, or menial servants, he will give employment to much more labour, than if he expended it on fine clothes, or costly furniture ; on carriages, on horses, or in the purchase of any other luxuries.
Strana 43 - In watchmaking, as Mr. Babbage observes, "it was stated in evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons, that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice; and that he only learns his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship has expired, without subsequent instruction, to work at any other branch. The watch-finisher, whose business...
Strana 85 - I could so employ with my revenue of £10,000, or with the food and clothing which it would purchase, would be to be added to the former demand for labourers, and this addition would take place only because I chose this mode of expending my revenue.
Strana 208 - The morasses have been drained ; and, in proportion as the soil has been cultivated, the air has become more temperate. Canada, at this day, is an exact picture of ancient Germany. Although situated in the same parallel with the finest provinces of France and England, that country experiences the most rigorous cold. The reindeer are very numerous, the ground is covered with deep and lasting snow, and the great river...
Strana 40 - ... that the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds 40 that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages.
Strana 68 - ... workmen, which may render that contract a loss instead of a benefit; besides taking precautions to prevent them from becoming acquainted with it, he must also add to the price at which he could otherwise sell the article, some small increase to cover the risk of such an occurrence. If an establishment consist of several branches which can only be carried on jointly, as, for instance, of iron mines, blast furnaces, and a colliery, in which there are distinct classes of workmen, it becomes necessary...
Strana 188 - ... the night. No inquiries are made ; but the bodies are carried to a common pit without the city walls, into which all those that are living, as well as those that are dead, are said to be thrown promiscuously.