The Wages Question: A Treatise on Wages and the Wages Class by
Francis A. Walker
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. First published: 1876.
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About the Book and Author
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PART I Production and Population
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I.I Wages a Question in the Distribution of Wealth.
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I.II Nominal and Real Wages.
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I.III Nominal and Real Cost of Labor.
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I.IV The Degradation of Labor.
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I.V The Law of Diminishing Returns.
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I.VI Malthusianism in Wages—The Law of Population.
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I.VII Necessary Wages.
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I.VIII The Wages of the Laborer are Paid out of the Product of his Industry.
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I.IX There is no Wage-fund Irrespective of the Number and Industrial Quality of Laborers.
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PART II Distribution
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II.X The Problem of Distribution: Competition: The Diffusion Theory: The Economical Harmonies.
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II.XI The Mobility of Labor.
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II.XII The Wages Class.
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II.XIII The Capitalist Class: Returns of Capital: Rent and Interest.
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II.XIV The Employing Class: The Entrepreneur Function: The Profits of Business.
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II.XV Coöperation: Getting Rid of the Employing Class.
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II.XVI The True Wages Question.
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II.XVII What may Place the Wages Class at a Disadvantage?
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II.XVIII What may Help the Wages Class in its Competition for the Products of Industry.
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II.XIX May any Advantage be Acquired by the Wages Class Through Strikes or Trades-unions?
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CONCLUDING REMARKS
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Footnotes
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