when he discussed the explanation of wealth in his book the Wealth of Nations. Poor and Poverty Laws affected all the outcomes of life including employment, wages, housing, medicine, education etc. If you were born poor it was highly likely that you were going to die poor. It made a huge impact on the way of living, only living on the bare minimum to support family. Between the late eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century the poor rate quadrupled. One in every five people were poor and the…
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