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...

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...

1. A league of peace -- 2. A basis of confederation -- 3. International arbitration : its scope and method -- 4. Settlement by conciliation -- 5. Court and council : their appointment and personnel -- 6. International force -- 7. The economic boycott -- 8. The international executive -- 9....

1. A limited market -- 2. The failure of consumption -- 3. The balance of spending and saving -- 4. The psychology of trade fluctuations -- 5. Surplus income the cause of fluctuations -- 6. Wage reduction as remedy for depression -- 7. Credit as a factor in fluctuations -- 8. The Douglas theory...

I. Income, monetary and real -- II. Uses of the surplus -- III. Underconsumption -- IV. Rationalisation and productivity -- V. Rationalisation and consumption -- VI. Markets and distribution of the product -- VII. Social services and workers' incomes -- VIII. Vital income -- IX. Economic...

ch. 1. The origin of modern capitalism -- ch. 2. The instruments of capitalism -- ch. 3. The structure of industry before machinery -- ch. 4. The order of development of machine industry -- ch. 5. Size and structure of the modern business -- ch. 6. The structure of trades and markets -- ch. 7....