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托马斯·马尔萨斯：人口论·摘录 59
托马斯·马尔萨斯《人口论》· An Essay on the Principle of Population · 投资
It is a general complaint among master manufacturers that high wages ruin all their workmen, but it is difficult to conceive that these men would not save a part of their high wages for the future support of their families, instead of spending it in drunkenness and dissipation, if they did not rely on parish assistance for support in case of accidents. And that the poor employed in manufactures consider this assistance as a reason why they may spend all the wages they earn and enjoy themselves while they can appears to be evident from the number of families that, upon the failure of any great manufactory, immediately fall upon the parish, when perhaps the wages earned in this manufactory while it flourished were sufficiently above the price of common country labour to have allowed them to save enough for their support till they could find some other channel for their industry.
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定位：Excerpt 59 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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工厂主普遍抱怨高工资毁掉工人，但很难想象，如果这些人不指望教区在出事时提供帮助，他们不会为将来养家存下一部分高工资，而不是把钱花在酗酒和挥霍上。制造业穷人把这种救济视为可以花光所有工资、及时行乐的理由，这从许多家庭在大工厂倒闭后立即求助教区一事中看得很清楚；而工厂兴旺时挣的工资，也许远高于普通乡村劳动的价格，本可以存够钱支撑到找到其他谋生渠道。
上下文
马尔萨斯以工厂倒闭后工人立即求助教区为例，说明救济预期削弱储蓄。
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如果我知道失败后有人兜底，我是否更倾向于把今天的收入花光？
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