It's also a tool to help you avoid the slippery slope of competing on price alone and thereby eating into the margins you need to earn more than a subsistencewage.
The “subsistence” wage itself might rise, for example.
“维持生计”的工资本身可能增加,例如。
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Sir Arthur offered several reasons why wages might rise even before a country reached its turning-point. The "subsistence" wage itself might rise, for example.