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The miners at Bilston, at least such of them as put money in the savings bank, were accustomed to deposit it in other names than their own. Nor were they without reason. For some of their employers were actually opposed to the institution of savings banks,--fearing lest the workmen might apply their savings to their maintenance during a turn-out; not reflecting that they have the best guarantee of the steadiness of this class of men, in their deposits at the savings bank. Mr. Baker, Inspector of Factories, has said that "the supreme folly of a strike is shown by the fact that there is seldom or never a rich workman at the head of it."

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定位:Excerpt 284 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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煤矿工人存钱时用假名,因为有些雇主反对储蓄银行,怕工人攒了钱就敢罢工。但雇主没想到,工人有存款反而更稳定。工厂检查员贝克先生说,罢工最大的愚蠢在于,领头的人几乎从来不是有钱的工人。这说明,雇主压制工人储蓄是短视的,工人有积蓄才能理性行动。对工人来说,储蓄是给自己留后路;对雇主来说,支持储蓄能减少冲动罢工。双方都应看到,经济安全是稳定合作的基础。

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斯迈尔斯《节俭》中引述19世纪英国煤矿工人和工厂检查员的观察。

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你是否曾因为担心别人看法而隐藏自己的理财行为?为什么?

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