De l'état moral et intellectuel des populations ouvrières

Synopsis of De l'état moral et intellectuel des populations ouvrières

«De l'état moral et intellectuel des populations ouvrières» is an essay by Paul Leroy-Beaulieu published by Antigonos Verlag in paperback (352 pages).

In this essay, Paul Leroy-Beaulieu examines how the moral and intellectual condition of workers influences the level of their wages. Originally published in 1868, the text argues that the education and social development of the worker increase their productivity and improve their remuneration in the context of the Industrial Revolution.

The full title includes the subtitle «Et de son influence sur le taux des salaires». This 2025 edition is a reissue in French of the 1868 work.

For those interested in the social and economic history of the nineteenth century and in debates on labor and wages.