 | 1915 - 476 páginas
...the present time, in the United States, the wages paid to a considerable portion of the adult male workers are insufficient to permit de.cent family...life below which physical health and social decency arc impossible. That minimum exists in terms of bread and butter, shoes, overcoats, medical attendance... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1915 - 962 páginas
...before any family relates to the amount, and not to ihe price of the goods needed for family support. There is a certain minimum of food, clothing, shelter, and the other necessaries of life which men require. That minimum exists in terms of eggs and butter, shoes and overcoats, medical attention... | |
 | New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission - 1915 - 952 páginas
...before any family relates to the amount, and not to she price of the goods needed for family support. There is a certain minimum of food, clothing, shelter, and the other necessaries of life which men require. That minimum exists in terms of eggs and butter, shoes and overcoats, medical attention... | |
 | Scott Nearing - 1916 - 304 páginas
...in terms of the health and well-being which are involved in the maintenance of physical efficiency. A number of attempts to ascertain the cost of a decent...life were included in the term "decency." There is a definite minimum of food, clothing, shelter and other necessaries of life below which physical health... | |
 | 1916 - 400 páginas
...Statistical Ass'n. Vol. I, Sept. 1909, pp. 530-535. THE STANDARD OF LIVING. By PROFESSOR SCOTT NEARING. A number of attempts to ascertain the cost of a decent...American life were included in the term "decency." v There is a certain minimum of food,1 clothing, shelter and the other necessaries of life below which... | |
 | Scott Nearing - 1916 - 306 páginas
...in terms of the health and well-being which are involved in the maintenance of physical efficiency. A number of attempts to ascertain the cost of a decent...of fourteen and the other minimum requirements of modem American life were included in the term "decency." There is a definite minimum of food, clothing,... | |
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A number of attempts to ascertain the cost of a decent standard of living have been based on the assumption that physical health, education up to the age of fourteen and the other minimum requirements of modern American life were included in the term... 