Poverty in plenty : the ethics of income / J.A. Hobson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hobson, J. A., author.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history--1918-1945.

Economic history.

Income.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 the utilisation of modern productivity for the welfare of mankind. In this work, Hobson considers the wasteful working of the economic system, with its over-production, under-consumption and unemployment and states that these errors are due to the unfair way in which income is apportione

Contents:

Front Cover; Poverty in Plenty; Title Page; Copyright; Title Page; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; I. THE LACK OF ECONOMIC GOVERNMENT; II. THE MAKING OF INCOMES; III. 'FORCED LABOUR' AND 'THE RIGHT TO WORK'; IV. CLAIMS UPON SURPLUS INCOME, PERSONAL AND COMMUNAL; V. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC GOVERNMENT; VI. A MORAL REFORMATION; INDEX

Notes:

First published in 1931 by George Allen & Unwin.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-24037-3

0-203-10252-5

1-299-45969-2

1-136-24038-1

9780203102527

OCLC:

841910057