Wealth-creationCassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 - 308 pages |
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... population , I have carefully abstained from discussing the remedial measures which may , at some time or other , have to be adopted . I , therefore , disclaim all inferences tending to identify me with any of the theories or schemes ...
... population , I have carefully abstained from discussing the remedial measures which may , at some time or other , have to be adopted . I , therefore , disclaim all inferences tending to identify me with any of the theories or schemes ...
Page 18
... populations , the greater is the scope for the pro- fitable operation of the division of labour . In isolated and thinly populated regions , in which families live far apart from each other , and the DIVISION OF LABOUR IGNORED . 19 ...
... populations , the greater is the scope for the pro- fitable operation of the division of labour . In isolated and thinly populated regions , in which families live far apart from each other , and the DIVISION OF LABOUR IGNORED . 19 ...
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... population increases faster than capital that labour becomes redundant and wages fall . The remedy for the redundancy of labour , and for the consequent competition which depresses wages is therefore to accelerate the growth of capital ...
... population increases faster than capital that labour becomes redundant and wages fall . The remedy for the redundancy of labour , and for the consequent competition which depresses wages is therefore to accelerate the growth of capital ...
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... The same effect on the rate of wages is produced by either alternative . In the one case , the rate of increase in the population has to be retarded ; in CAPITAL CREATES A DEMAND FOR LABOUR . 35 the other 34 WEALTH - CREATION .
... The same effect on the rate of wages is produced by either alternative . In the one case , the rate of increase in the population has to be retarded ; in CAPITAL CREATES A DEMAND FOR LABOUR . 35 the other 34 WEALTH - CREATION .
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... population . Capital and labour act and re - act on each other , and alternately become cause and effect . The more there is of capital , the more labour will be employed ; the more there is of labour employed , the more wealth there ...
... population . Capital and labour act and re - act on each other , and alternately become cause and effect . The more there is of capital , the more labour will be employed ; the more there is of labour employed , the more wealth there ...
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