Economics What were the two principal class conflicts during Matlhus' lifetime (1766 – 1834)? 2.Hunt & Lautzenheiser point out that the working- class suffered the real costs of the industrial revolution. In what ways did workers suffer during the industrial revolution? How did the development of industrial capitalism alter the conditions of work for normal working people? What does it mean to say that “the worker became an appendage to the...machine?" What was the Combination Act of 1799? According to Hunt & Lautzenheiser, what prompted its creation? What was its purpose and whose interests did it serve? What were the Corn Laws? Explain their role in the conflict between capitalists and landlords.

Economics What were the two principal class conflicts during Matlhus' lifetime (1766 – 1834)? 2.Hunt & Lautzenheiser point out that the working- class suffered the real costs of the industrial revolution. In what ways did workers suffer during the industrial revolution? How did the development of industrial capitalism alter the conditions of work for normal working people? What does it mean to say that “the worker became an appendage to the...machine?" What was the Combination Act of 1799? According to Hunt & Lautzenheiser, what prompted its creation? What was its purpose and whose interests did it serve? What were the Corn Laws? Explain their role in the conflict between capitalists and landlords.

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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