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  • Absenteeism economically considered 

    Vereker, John P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)
    Gentlemen,?In addressing you this evening, I am anxious to confine myself as much as possible to absenteeism considered as a mere question of pounds, shillings, and pence, and as it affects the transfer of wealth from ...
  • Observations upon the economic effects of absenteeism on Ireland 

    Maley, A. J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)
    There are few questions generated by the peculiar condition of Ireland more interesting to its people, than that upon which I am about to offer a few observations; for if the opinion which I, in common with many others, ...
  • On Irish absenteeism 

    Hancock, W. Neilson (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)
    There are few questions in political economy on which a greater diversity of opinion has prevailed, than the one which I have selected as the subject of my paper this evening. Thus, some allege "that absenteeism is not ...
  • Thoughts on reading the Hon. John P. Vereker's paper on absenteeism 

    Shackleton, Ebenezer (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)
    Even if we grant that Absenteeism is an evil, in an economical sense, what then? How would you cure it, without interfering with personal freedom? Who do you call an absentee? Is it the man who derives rent from one ...