Construct · 1 fields · 1 citations

truck: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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truck1 CONSTRUCTTruck systemHILTON · WAGES IN KIND

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Economic history

Paying wages in goods, not cash

In economic and labour history, the truck system is the practice of paying workers in goods, tokens, or credit redeemable only at an employer-run store rather than in free money, a practice that often bound workers in debt to the company. Hilton's 1957 The British Truck System in the Nineteenth Century traces the practice and the Truck Acts passed to suppress it. The word here descends from an old meaning of "truck", namely barter or exchange, and the referent is a wage-payment arrangement, entirely distinct from a road vehicle or a skateboard part.[1]

Unit
The share of wages paid in goods or store credit instead of cash
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Documented historically through wage records, company-store accounts, and Truck Acts prosecutions

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References

  1. Hilton, G. W. (1957). The British truck system in the nineteenth century. Journal of Political Economy, 65(3), 237–256. https://doi.org/10.1086/257922

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