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... Workmen do not benefit by a rise in wages which causes their employers ' profits to sink below the ordinary rate - The export of capital .135-149 CHAPTER IV . On Trades ' Unions , Strikes , and Co - operative Societies . The functions ...
... Workmen do not benefit by a rise in wages which causes their employers ' profits to sink below the ordinary rate - The export of capital .135-149 CHAPTER IV . On Trades ' Unions , Strikes , and Co - operative Societies . The functions ...
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... workmen are employed , each one of whom performs a single operation . One man blows the glass into shape ; another polishes it ; another makes deep flutings on it ; then it is re - polished by another ; and after a variety of more or ...
... workmen are employed , each one of whom performs a single operation . One man blows the glass into shape ; another polishes it ; another makes deep flutings on it ; then it is re - polished by another ; and after a variety of more or ...
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... workmen produced by division of labour is quite marvellous . In the pen manufactory the sole occupation of some of the workmen is to take the pens from the machine in which they are made : this is done with such wonderful rapidity that ...
... workmen produced by division of labour is quite marvellous . In the pen manufactory the sole occupation of some of the workmen is to take the pens from the machine in which they are made : this is done with such wonderful rapidity that ...
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... workmen , as a means of increasing the productiveness of labour , hardly meets with the attention it deserves . An unintelligent workman performs his task mechanically ; he does what he has learnt to do , and no more ; he suggests no ...
... workmen , as a means of increasing the productiveness of labour , hardly meets with the attention it deserves . An unintelligent workman performs his task mechanically ; he does what he has learnt to do , and no more ; he suggests no ...
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... workmen and the materials of their labour are in a still more permanent form . This sort of capital , which exists in a durable shape , and which is not destroyed by a single use , is called fixed capital . The whole return upon ...
... workmen and the materials of their labour are in a still more permanent form . This sort of capital , which exists in a durable shape , and which is not destroyed by a single use , is called fixed capital . The whole return upon ...
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