Walter Bagehot: “Such an enormous change in the age of the workers necessarily caused a…”

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Such an enormous change in the age of the workers necessarily caused a great change in the kind of work attempted and the way in which it was done.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot asserts that the changing demographics of the workforce led to significant shifts in work practices and objectives.

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Walter Bagehot: “Such an enormous change in the age of the workers necessarily caused a great change in the kind of work attempted and…”