65. State precisely what you mean by the “wages-fund,” and explain the conditions on which its growth depends.
66. Explain generally the circumstances which determine the rate of wages. Mention some of the reasons why wages should be higher in one occupation than in another.
67. In what way does dearness or cheapness of food affect money wages?
68. What determines—
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| (2.) The relative rates of wages in different employments? |
69. What causes different rates of wages in different employments, and by what methods might wages be raised?
70. How do you explain the fact that some of the most disagreeable kinds of labor are the most badly paid?
71. What, according to Mr. Mill, are the most promising means for the improvement of the laboring-classes?
72. In the Island of Laputa a law was passed compelling each workman to work with his left hand tied behind his back, and the law was justified on the ground that the demand for labor was more than doubled by it. Examine this argument.
73. Some coal-workers are calling for a diminution of the output of coal, so as to keep up their wages. Examine how far, if at all, this result would follow from their proposed action.