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... Labour . ― The service which labour renders to production -Productive and unproductive labour - Division of labour - Co - operation of labour - Simple and complex co - operation - Wakefield's theory of colonization - Moral and material ...
... Labour . ― The service which labour renders to production -Productive and unproductive labour - Division of labour - Co - operation of labour - Simple and complex co - operation - Wakefield's theory of colonization - Moral and material ...
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... labour- Capital in order to fulfil its functions must be consumed- Fixed and circulating capital - Circumstances which favour the accumulation of capital - A glut of capital ...... PAGES 25-38 SECTION II . The Exchange of Wealth ...
... labour- Capital in order to fulfil its functions must be consumed- Fixed and circulating capital - Circumstances which favour the accumulation of capital - A glut of capital ...... PAGES 25-38 SECTION II . The Exchange of Wealth ...
Page xi
... labour to the capitalist depends on its efficiency , and does not always vary with the amount given as wages - The relation between profits and prices - A sum- mary of the effect of demand and supply on prices . PAGES 56-80 CHAPTER IV ...
... labour to the capitalist depends on its efficiency , and does not always vary with the amount given as wages - The relation between profits and prices - A sum- mary of the effect of demand and supply on prices . PAGES 56-80 CHAPTER IV ...
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... labour , which is apportioned to labour - Cost of labour to the capitalist a function of three variables— Workmen do not benefit by a rise in wages which causes their employers ' profits to sink below the ordinary rate - The export of ...
... labour , which is apportioned to labour - Cost of labour to the capitalist a function of three variables— Workmen do not benefit by a rise in wages which causes their employers ' profits to sink below the ordinary rate - The export of ...
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... labour - Protection is disastrous to the general interests of the community - The effect of protection on wages — The French and English sugar refiners The Candlemakers ' petition - Foreign trade . advantageous to both countries only ...
... labour - Protection is disastrous to the general interests of the community - The effect of protection on wages — The French and English sugar refiners The Candlemakers ' petition - Foreign trade . advantageous to both countries only ...
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