The industrialists in Britain needed to have the corn laws overturned because they drove up the cost of living for workers thereby making labor more expensive for the industrialists. Once those laws were overturned, industrialists could now keep wages down more easily and thus prices of manufactured goods could be more easily kept down. And in turn, this made it much easier for British industralists to dominate markets, both domestic and foreign.
And in reaction to that, the landowners, smarting over their defeat in the battle over the corn laws, were more than willing to support trade unionists and others who were lobbying for legislation to regulate working hours. And yes, Marx had a great deal to say on these subjects. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33746): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33746 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109762258/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
