The Economics of Social Problems: An Introduction to Social EconomicsW. B. Clive, University tutorial Press ld., 1925 - 426 من الصفحات |
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... theory . Public policy may deem it necessay deliberately to im- pede , and even to nullify , the tendencies laid down in economic laws . For example , had the laws of supply and demand worked without hindrance during the Great War , the ...
... theory . Public policy may deem it necessay deliberately to im- pede , and even to nullify , the tendencies laid down in economic laws . For example , had the laws of supply and demand worked without hindrance during the Great War , the ...
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... theory would be meaningless , since an increase in popula- tion would cause a proportional addition to food supplies , and the reduction in the standard of living feared by Malthus would therefore not come about . Thus there are two ...
... theory would be meaningless , since an increase in popula- tion would cause a proportional addition to food supplies , and the reduction in the standard of living feared by Malthus would therefore not come about . Thus there are two ...
الصفحة 46
... THEORIES OF WAGES . Whatever the ethics of the matter , labour is bought and sold like any ordinary commodity ; " supply and demand " are the principal determinants of the value of a man's services as of the value of wheat . There are ...
... THEORIES OF WAGES . Whatever the ethics of the matter , labour is bought and sold like any ordinary commodity ; " supply and demand " are the principal determinants of the value of a man's services as of the value of wheat . There are ...
الصفحة 48
... following pages that the earlier theories of wages ( particularly that of the wages fund ) either ignored or paid insufficient regard to this important distinction . Wages and Machinery . In a sense , labour and 48 THE WAGES OF LABOUR .
... following pages that the earlier theories of wages ( particularly that of the wages fund ) either ignored or paid insufficient regard to this important distinction . Wages and Machinery . In a sense , labour and 48 THE WAGES OF LABOUR .
الصفحة 51
... theory can afford to ignore . The Subsistence Theory of Wages . An early wages theory was that the reward of labour tended to equal the sum necessary to procure the means of bare subsistence . By this was meant the minimum amount ...
... theory can afford to ignore . The Subsistence Theory of Wages . An early wages theory was that the reward of labour tended to equal the sum necessary to procure the means of bare subsistence . By this was meant the minimum amount ...
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الصفحة 1 - Political Economy or Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life, it examines that part of individual and social action which is most closely connected with the attainment and with the use of the material requisites of wellbeing...
الصفحة 393 - Improvements of processes, machinery and organization and appropriate questions relating to management and the examination of industrial experiments, with special reference to cooperation in carrying new ideas into effect and full consideration of the workpeople's point of view in relation to them.
الصفحة 100 - Under this system each man has his work assigned to him in the form of a task to be done by a prescribed method with definite appliances and to be completed within a certain time. The task is based on a detailed investigation by a trained expert of the best methods of doing the work...
الصفحة 53 - With these limitations of the terms, wages not only depend upon the relative amount of capital and population, but cannot under the rule of competition be affected by anything else. Wages (meaning, of course, the general rate) cannot rise, but by an increase of the aggregate funds employed in hiring labourers, or a diminution in the number of the...
الصفحة 100 - The task is based on a detailed investigation by a trained expert of the best method of doing the work ; and the task setter, or his assistant, acts as an instructor to teach the workmen to do the work in the manner and time specified. If the work is done within the time allowed by the expert and is up to the standard for quality, the workman receives extra compensation (usually 20 to 50 per cent of the time allowed) in addition to his day's pay.
الصفحة 188 - It may be desirable to state here our considered opinion that an essential condition of securing a permanent improvement in the relations between employers and employed is that there should be adequate organization on the part of both employers and workpeople.
الصفحة 11 - They must never purchase a halfpenny newspaper or spend a penny to buy a ticket for a popular concert. They must write no letters to absent children, for they cannot afford to pay the postage. They must never contribute anything to their church or chapel, or give any help to a neighbour which costs them money.
الصفحة 19 - Families whose total earnings would be sufficient for the maintenance of merely physical efficiency were it not that some portion of it is absorbed by other expenditure, either useful or wasteful.
الصفحة 391 - To recommend means for securing that industrial conditions affecting the relations between employers and workmen shall be systematically reviewed by those concerned, with a view to improving conditions in the future.
الصفحة 103 - Convention Limiting the Hours of Work in Industrial Undertakings to Eight in the Day and Forty-eight in the Week.