 What are the common wages of labour depends everywhere upon the contract usually made between those two parties, whose interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to give as little, as possible. The former are disposed...  History of Civilization in England - Σελίδα 455των Henry Thomas Buckle - 1861Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Malcolm (land surveyor.) - 1805 - 494 σελίδες
...contract usually made between the master and the servant, whose interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to...the latter in order to lower, the wages of labour. In almost every part of Great Britain there is a distinction even in the lowest species of labour between... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 σελίδες
...upon the contract usually made between those two parties, whose interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to...the latter in order to lower, the wages of labour. It is. not, however, difficult to foresee which of the two parties must, upon all ordinary occasions,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1835 - 486 σελίδες
...upon the contract usually made between those two parties, whose interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to give as little as possible. The former are * The statement in the text, that in every part of Europe twenty workmen live by wages for one that... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 σελίδες
...upon the contract usually made between those two parties, whose interests are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, the masters to...as possible. The former are disposed to combine in urder to raise, the latter ill ur. der to lower, the wages of labour. It is not, however, difficult... | |
 | Joseph Salway Eisdell - 1839 - 452 σελίδες
...reasonableness or equity that determines the conditions of the bargain for wages. The workmen endeavour to get as much, the masters to give as little, as possible ; but it is the relation of the supply to the demand subsisting at the time that determines each party... | |
 | William Dodd - 1847 - 190 σελίδες
...same; the workman desires to get as much, and the master to give as little as possible. The former is disposed to combine in order to raise, the latter in order to lower the wages of labor." In no country has this truth been exemplified in a more striking manner, than in England. Trades... | |
 | William Dodd - 1848 - 180 σελίδες
...same; the workman desires to get as much, and the master to give as little as possible. The former is disposed to combine in order to raise, the latter in order to lower the wages of labor." In no country has this truth been exemplified in a more striking manner, than in England. Trades... | |
 | 1853 - 606 σελίδες
...but the interests of these parties are by no means the same. The workmen desire to get as much, and the masters to give as little, as possible. The former...the latter in order to lower, the wages of labour. The masters commonly succeed ; for, being fewer in number, they can more easily combine : and the law... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1861 - 606 σελίδες
...the former as more favourable to industry." Wealth of Nations, book I, chap. VIII, p. 35. •- 74) „The workmen desire to get as much, the masters...lower, the wages of labour." Wealth of Nations, b. I, c. VIII, p. 27. 75) „It seems absurd at first sight, that we should despise their persons, and... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1865 - 374 σελίδες
...cbap. vin, pag. 35. (1) «The workniei) désire to g«t as umcli, thé maslers to j'.ivc. as lit lie, as possible. The former are disposed to combine in order to raise, thé latter in order to lover, thé wag«s of labour. • Weallh, of Nations, HT. i, chap. YIII, pag.... | |
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