Wealth and life : a study in values

Wealth and life : a study in values / 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 sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson), 1858-1940
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Routledge revivals.
Subjects:
Quality of life > Economic aspects.
Values.
Wealth > Moral and ethical aspects.
Welfare economics.
Economic man.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
Economic man
Values
Wealth > Moral and ethical aspects
Welfare economics
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Wealth and Life; Copyright Page; Title Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTORY; PART I--STANDARDS OF WELFARE; CHAPTER I THE HUMANIST APPROACH TO ECONOMIC LIFE; CHAPTER II THE MEANING OF WELFARE; CHAPTER III WELFARE THROUGH COMMUNITY; CHAPTER IV STANDARDS OF WELFARE; CHAPTER V THE HIERARCHY OF VALUES; PART II--ETHICS IN THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE; CHAPTER I THE PLACE OF INDUSTRY IN THE LIFE PROCESS; CHAPTER II THE EMERGENCE OF ECONOMICS AS A SCIENCE; CHAPTER III ECONOMIC AND ETHICAL VALUES; PART III--THE ETHICS OF ECONOMIC LIFE; CHAPTER I ETHICS OF PROPERTY.
  • CHAPTER II HARMONY AND DISCORD IN ECONOMIC LIFECHAPTER III THE ETHICS OF BARGAINING; PART IV--ORGANIC REFORMS OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM; CHAPTER I THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION; CHAPTER II HOW FAR IS EQUITY ATTAINABLE?; CHAPTER III INCENTIVES TO LABOUR; CHAPTER IV THE SUPPLY OF CAPITAL; CHAPTER V STANDARDS OF CONSUMPTION; CHAPTER VI AN OPTIMUM POPULATION; CHAPTER VII THE STATE AND INDUSTRY; CHAPTER VIII ETHICS OF ECONOMIC INTERNATIONALISM; CHAPTER IX USES AND ABUSES OF MONEY; CHAPTER X A HUMAN SURVEY; APPENDIX (Bibliography, Questions, and Subjects for Study); INDEX.

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