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11. The Problem of the Unemployed (Routledge Revivals)

    An Enquiry and an Economic Policy

    By J. Hobson

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1896, this seminal work considers the Question of the Unemployed at the height of imperialist capitalism. Hobson proposes a controversial theory of social progress, which argues that unemployment is a natural and necessary result of the mal-distribution of consumption power. In a...

    Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
12. Taxation in the New State (Routledge Revivals)

    By J Hobson

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1919, Taxation in the New State explores the practical application of tax policy to the financial situation of post-World War I Britain. Hobson assesses policy according to the tax payer’s ability to bear the burden and draws a distinction between ‘cost’ and ‘surplus’. He...

    Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
13. International Trade (Routledge Revivals)

    An Application of Economic Theory

    By J. Hobson

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1904, this important economic work explores some of the leading principles underlining the development of international trade. Hobson offered a departure from the conventional treatment of international trade in economic theory, simplifying concepts of free trade, exchange and...

    Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
14. Democracy After The War (Routledge Revivals)

    By J. Hobson

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1917, Democracy After the War considers the challenges faced in the development of liberal democracy. Hobson emphasises the power of reactionary forces and their ability to hold back progress, reiterating his view that the crux of the problem lies in the inequalities in income...

    Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
15. Poverty in Plenty (Routledge Revivals)

    The Ethics of Income

    By J. Hobson

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1931, this Routledge Revivals title reissues J.A Hobson’s analysis of financial distribution in the early years of Twentieth Century Britain. The book focuses on the moral questions that he considered to be important in regard to the economic reforms that were necessary to secure...

    Published July 15th 2012 by Routledge
16. Confessions of an Economic Heretic (Routledge Revivals)

    By J. A. Hobson

    First published in 1938 this Routledge Revival is a reissue of the autobiography of influential economist J. A. Hobson. A comprehensive work, it details many aspects of his life including his background, influences, ethicical principles, philosophy and religion. In a life...

    Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge
17. Rationalisation and Unemployment (Routledge Revivals)

    An Economic Dilemma

    By J. A. Hobson

    First published in 1930, John Hobson’s study deals with the economic dilemmas generated in the early twentieth century by the advent of mass production. Namely the over-production and surfeit of goods and the resultant failure of the expansion of markets leading to record levels of mass...

    Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
18. Work and Wealth (Routledge Revivals)

    A Human Valuation

    By J. A. Hobson

    First published in 1914 and reissued with a new introduction in 1992, Work and Wealth is a seminal vision of Hobson's liberal utopian ideals, which desired to demonstrate how economic and social reform could transform existing society into one in which the majority of the population, as opposed to...

    Published May 14th 2011 by Routledge
19. Gold Prices and Wages (Routledge Revivals)

    By J. A. Hobson

    First published in 1913, this Routledge Revivals title reissues J. A. Hobson’s seminal analysis of the causal link between the rise in gold prices and the increase in wages and consumer buying power in the early years of the Twentieth Century. Contrary to the assertions of some notable contemporary...

    Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
20. Free-Thought in the Social Sciences (Routledge Revivals)

    By J. A. Hobson

    This Routledge Revival sees the reissue of a seminal work by British economist, sociologist and academic John A. Hobson, elucidating his views on a variety of topics across the social sciences. He makes particular reference to the struggle between the disinterested urge of the social...

    Published January 6th 2011 by Routledge