Book Search

1. Wealth and Life (Routledge Revivals)

   A Study in Values

   By J. A. Hobson

   First published in 1930, this book endeavours to trace and express the relations between economic and human values, between wealth and life. Hobson studies everything from the role of production processes and consumption in the determination of human welfare; to the changing attitudes of economic...

   To Be Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
2. God and Mammon (Routledge Revivals)

   The Relations of Religion and Economics

   By J. A. Hobson

   First published in 1931, this is an attempt by the great economist J. A. Hobson to analyse the relations between economics and religion. After considering the origins of the conflicts and compromises between God and Mammon in the life of primitive man, the author concerns himself primarily with...

   To Be Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Economics of Unemployment (Routledge Revivals)

   By J. A. Hobson

   First published in 1922, Hobson’s study of the depression and resulting unemployment in the aftermath of the First World War is a far-sighted analysis which looks beyond the consequences of the war itself, at the root economic causes of the crisis....

   To Be Published January 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. 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...

   To Be Published July 19th 2012 by Routledge
5. 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...

   To Be Published June 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Conditions of Industrial Peace (Routledge Revivals)

   By J. A. Hobson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1927, Hobson’s treatise on industrial conflict analyses the nature and causes of industrial disputes with the aim of finding an equitable means of settling them. Assessing the notion of a fair wage within the context of the pool of wealth, Hobson sets about creating a peace...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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