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Appendix II. Examination Questions.

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  1. 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.
  1. In what way does dearness or cheapness of food affect money wages?
  1. What determines—
(1.) The general rate of wages in a country?
(2.) The relative rates of wages in different employments?
  1. What causes different rates of wages in different employments, and by what methods might wages be raised?
  1. How do you explain the fact that some of the most disagreeable kinds of labor are the most badly paid?
  1. What, according to Mr. Mill, are the most promising means for the improvement of the laboring-classes?
  1. In the Island of Laputa a law was passed compelling each workman
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