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Abstract/Sommario: Foundation of the english cotton trade - Cotton growing - The spinning mill - Winding, warping and weaving - Bleaching, printing and dyeing - Market distribution of yarn and cloth - Trade unions - Masters' organizations.

Abstract/Sommario: The cape under the Dutch East India Company (1652-1795) - From the first british occupation till the great trek into the interior (1795-1836) - From the great trek till the discovery of precious minerals (1836-70) - The diamond and gold eras (1870-1910) - The first two decades of union: slackening of progress in the mining industry and great expansion of farming and manufacturing operations - The new economic position created by the prosperity and expansion of the gold-mining industry. ...; [Leggi tutto...] The cape under the Dutch East India Company (1652-1795) - From the first british occupation till the great trek into the interior (1795-1836) - From the great trek till the discovery of precious minerals (1836-70) - The diamond and gold eras (1870-1910) - The first two decades of union: slackening of progress in the mining industry and great expansion of farming and manufacturing operations - The new economic position created by the prosperity and expansion of the gold-mining industry.

Abstract/Sommario: The incentives - The ideas and the facts - The practical application.

Abstract/Sommario: The economic crisis - Economics in theory and practice - Socialisation.

Abstract/Sommario: The course of average wages - Real wages - Average earning and their distribution - Earnings and needs - The national wage-bill - The national income.

Abstract/Sommario: A practical study of wages during the forty years 1886-1926 in five great british industries (vis. Building, coal-mining, cotton manufacture, engineering and the railway service) - A study of collective bargaining during the last forty years - Wages in theory.

Abstract/Sommario: Trade unions structure - Trade union function - Trade union theory.

Abstract/Sommario: The authors of the essays comprising this volume, outstanding economists drawn from some fourteen countries throughout the world, including academic scholars, practicing bankers and government officials, have sought in this manner to pay tribute to Irving Fisher on the occasione of his seventieth birthday in recognition of his rich and varied services to economic science. (The United States - Canada - England - Denmark - Germany - Holland - Italy - Poland - Sweden - India - China - Jap ...; [Leggi tutto...] The authors of the essays comprising this volume, outstanding economists drawn from some fourteen countries throughout the world, including academic scholars, practicing bankers and government officials, have sought in this manner to pay tribute to Irving Fisher on the occasione of his seventieth birthday in recognition of his rich and varied services to economic science. (The United States - Canada - England - Denmark - Germany - Holland - Italy - Poland - Sweden - India - China - Japan - Australia - Geneva).

Abstract/Sommario: British industry before 1914 - The staple trades - Coal - Iron and steel - Engineering - Shipbuilding and marine engineering - The motor trade - Textiles-cotton - Textiles-wollen and worsted - British industry since the war - Changes in the structure of industry.

Abstract/Sommario: General causes of the rapid development of the family allowance system - The principle of a family wage - Historical sketch - Should the family allowance be regarded as a part of wages? - The family allowance in practice and the mechanism of the compensation fund - The labour attitude towards the family allowance system - The bachelor standpoint - Equal pay for men and women and the feminist standpoint - Effect of the allowance system on the general level of wages - The family allowanc ...; [Leggi tutto...] General causes of the rapid development of the family allowance system - The principle of a family wage - Historical sketch - Should the family allowance be regarded as a part of wages? - The family allowance in practice and the mechanism of the compensation fund - The labour attitude towards the family allowance system - The bachelor standpoint - Equal pay for men and women and the feminist standpoint - Effect of the allowance system on the general level of wages - The family allowance and the population question - The social work of the funds - The family allowance in agriculture - State compulsion - Estimate of the value of the allowance system and conclusion.