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... poor - law relief frequently check the operation of competition - Competition was till lately almost inoperative ... rate of interest the same in all trades in the same country and at the same time - The rate of interest declines with ...
... poor - law relief frequently check the operation of competition - Competition was till lately almost inoperative ... rate of interest the same in all trades in the same country and at the same time - The rate of interest declines with ...
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... poor that they only just provided the ordinary rate of wages and profits when coal was dear , could no longer be worked at a profit when prices fell ; they were therefore gradually abandoned . A very poor seam of coal may yield a profit ...
... poor that they only just provided the ordinary rate of wages and profits when coal was dear , could no longer be worked at a profit when prices fell ; they were therefore gradually abandoned . A very poor seam of coal may yield a profit ...
Page 77
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. respecting the connection of prices with the rate of profit and the wages of labour ? 28 ... poor people took to eating grass , could the baker increase the size of his penny loaf ? 2 . What view of cost of ...
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. respecting the connection of prices with the rate of profit and the wages of labour ? 28 ... poor people took to eating grass , could the baker increase the size of his penny loaf ? 2 . What view of cost of ...
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... rate of wages . An illustration of the effect of high prices on wages may be taken from the great rise in the price ... poor CHAP . II . ] THE WAGES OF LABOUR . 119.
... rate of wages . An illustration of the effect of high prices on wages may be taken from the great rise in the price ... poor CHAP . II . ] THE WAGES OF LABOUR . 119.
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... rate of wages and salaries ; and he complains , not so much that comforts are curtailed , but that the power of saving is diminished . " The rich are becoming richer and the poor poorer . " " Small accumulations of capital are stopped ...
... rate of wages and salaries ; and he complains , not so much that comforts are curtailed , but that the power of saving is diminished . " The rich are becoming richer and the poor poorer . " " Small accumulations of capital are stopped ...
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A. W. VERRALL agricultural produce amount Assistant Assistant-Master Bank Bank of England BEGINNERS BOOK Cambridge capital and labour capitalist causes cent CHEMISTRY cheques Christ's College classes Clifton College commodities competition corn cost of production Crown 8vo decrease demand economic rent effect ELEMENTARY employment England English example exports Extra fcap farmer Fellow of St Fellow of Trinity formerly France Globe 8vo gold and silver Greek HISTORY income income-tax increased industry instance J. P. MAHAFFY John's College labour and capital land landlord late Fellow LATIN Lecturer levied LL.D London Macmillan's manufactured margin of cultivation Master Mathematics Owens College Oxford paid Political Economy poor rate population PRIMER principle production of wealth Professor purchase rate of profit rate of wages rent revised and enlarged School Second Edition Shew supply supposed taxation trade Translated TREATISE TRIGONOMETRY Trinity College University University of Cambridge wages and profits wages-fund workmen
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