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Abstract/Sommario: Objects of minimum wage legislation - Bases adopted in different countries - The living wage - A national minimum - Provision for the worker's family - Relation between the wage of men and - Wages below the general minimum - Machinery for fixing minimum wage - Methods of enforcement - International action.

Abstract/Sommario: Introductory - Foreign Balances before and during the War - Foreign Balances after the War - Foreign Balances and the Crises of 1931-1936 - Official Foreign Exchange Reserves - Bank Balances Abroad - Privately Owned Foreign Balances - "Hot money" - Holdings of Foreign Bank Notes - Foreign Balances and the Foreign Exchange Market - Foreign Balances and Money Markets - Some General Considerations - The Freedom of International Movements of Funds - Conclusion.

Abstract/Sommario: Population in 1911 - The aggregate income of the population of the United Kingdom 1911 - The national wages bill 1911 - Wages salaries and profits inthr principal industries 1907.

Abstract/Sommario: Early Legislation regulating Wages - Wages and Poor-Law Administration; anti-Combination Law; Pitt's Policy - Industrial Arbitration in Cotton Industry - Amendment of anti-Combination Law; Industrial Arbitration in England, Scotland, and Ireland; Restriction of Arbitration to 'work done' - Agitation for Minimum Wage in Cotton Industry; Repeal of Act of Elizabeth - Repeal of anti-Combination and Arbitration Acts of England, Scotland and Ireland; new Arbitration Act of 1824; new anti-Com ...; [Leggi tutto...] Early Legislation regulating Wages - Wages and Poor-Law Administration; anti-Combination Law; Pitt's Policy - Industrial Arbitration in Cotton Industry - Amendment of anti-Combination Law; Industrial Arbitration in England, Scotland, and Ireland; Restriction of Arbitration to 'work done' - Agitation for Minimum Wage in Cotton Industry; Repeal of Act of Elizabeth - Repeal of anti-Combination and Arbitration Acts of England, Scotland and Ireland; new Arbitration Act of 1824; new anti-Combination Act of 1825 - Failure and Arbitration Act of 1824; Reasons; Beginning of voluntary Conciliation and Arbitration - Select Committee of 1856; Councils of Conciliation and Arbitration; Courts of Public Inquiry - Lord St. Leonard's Act - Voluntary Conciliation and Arbitration Boards; Royal Commission on Trade Unions; Mundella's Act - Development of Conciliation and Arbitration; Boards formed by Chambers of Commerce and Trades Councils - Royal Commission on Labour; Conciliation Act; Ad hoc Boards; Industrial Council - Outbreak of War in 1914; Changed attitude towards Arbitration; Establishment of Committee on Production; Employment of Women - Committee on Production and Skilled Workers on Time-Rates - Committee on Production and Cost of Living; National Wages Agreement; Work of Committee - Interim Court of Arbitration - Whitley Committee; Joint Industrial Councils - Trade Boards; Agricultural Wages Board; National Wages Board for Railways; Tramway Tribunal; Miners' Joint District Boards - The Industrial Court.

Abstract/Sommario: Introduction - Definition of trade unions and their powers - Direct interference with the disposal of labour and capital - Restraint of trade - Limitation of the court's jurisdiction - Procedure - Statutes - Regulations of the secretary of state and the secretary fos scotland - Forms and precedents - Specimen rules of a registered trade union - Powers of trade unions under thr national insurance act,1911 - Injunctions restraining levy of funds of trade unionsfor parliamentary or munici ...; [Leggi tutto...] Introduction - Definition of trade unions and their powers - Direct interference with the disposal of labour and capital - Restraint of trade - Limitation of the court's jurisdiction - Procedure - Statutes - Regulations of the secretary of state and the secretary fos scotland - Forms and precedents - Specimen rules of a registered trade union - Powers of trade unions under thr national insurance act,1911 - Injunctions restraining levy of funds of trade unionsfor parliamentary or municipal representation.

Abstract/Sommario: The Origins of the German Works Councils Act of February 4, 1920 - The Machinery of the Works Councils Act - The Works Councils and the Trade Union Movement - The Effects of the Works Councils on Industrial Relations - The Works Councils and Industrial Self-Government - Summary and Conclusions

Abstract/Sommario: Productivity and progress - Better management, higher productivity - More power to the elbow - Making machines work - Wayes and means to good management - Human relations - Incentives in and out of industry - The climate of productivity - Nations live as they deserve.

Abstract/Sommario: The rural industries organisation in England - Some rural crafts today (I) - Some rural crafts today (II) - Potters, Weavers,and some others - The craftsman in businnes - The organisation reviewed - Planning for the future.

Abstract/Sommario: The background of greek economics - Agriculture - Mining and minerals - Labour - Industry - commerce (I) - Commerce (II) - Trade in various products. Greeks and phoenicians. Piracy - Money and banking - public finance.

Abstract/Sommario: The patterns of population growth in england and wales - the sex age and marital distributon of the population - The family - Regional variations in the composition and distribution of the population - The industrial distribution of the population - The occupational distribution of the population - Occupational and other association - Social classes and educational opputrunities - The distribution of wealth - The changing pattrerns of social problems.