A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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... also supported by the public , the value of their labour not maintaining them . The total number thus supported by a public of 1,223,807 ; individuals , is 121,444 persons ; or every 10 indi- 14 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
... also supported by the public , the value of their labour not maintaining them . The total number thus supported by a public of 1,223,807 ; individuals , is 121,444 persons ; or every 10 indi- 14 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
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... labour , and the traveller even with a courier or forbud to order horses , will be detained . at every post station for several hours . I made several short excursions in this beautiful neighbour- hood . I was surprised to find some ...
... labour , and the traveller even with a courier or forbud to order horses , will be detained . at every post station for several hours . I made several short excursions in this beautiful neighbour- hood . I was surprised to find some ...
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... labour is , from the climate , at a stand for six or eight months of the year ; consequently from one half to two thirds more time must pass before capital so employed is in a train to be replaced ; and one half or two thirds more ...
... labour is , from the climate , at a stand for six or eight months of the year ; consequently from one half to two thirds more time must pass before capital so employed is in a train to be replaced ; and one half or two thirds more ...
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... well - being and prosperity of the country people . The wages of common country labour are much less here than in Norway - the only travellers in- deed I met on the road were labourers going to D 2 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 35.
... well - being and prosperity of the country people . The wages of common country labour are much less here than in Norway - the only travellers in- deed I met on the road were labourers going to D 2 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 35.
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... labour sells at a lower price , it is evident that both the labourer and the persons who live by supplying the labourer , can abstract less of it from the simple necessaries to bestow on the gratifications of life . But why are wages ...
... labour sells at a lower price , it is evident that both the labourer and the persons who live by supplying the labourer , can abstract less of it from the simple necessaries to bestow on the gratifications of life . But why are wages ...
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| Title | A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 1450-1850 Making of the modern economy |
| Author | Samuel Laing |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 May 2008 |
| Length | 431 pages |
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