Problems of Poverty : An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor

ISBN-13: 9780415658614 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 242 str.

J. A. Hobson

Opis

This work examines the primary causes of poverty during the industrial age. Through considering how poverty is measured, the growth of urbanization and the supply of low-skilled labour in the workforce, Hobson arrives at possible solutions to the problem of poverty and explores the ethical issues surrounding it.

Spis treści

1. The Measure of Poverty  2. The Effects of Machinery on the Condition of the Working-Classes  3. The Influx of Population into Large Towns  4. "The Sweating System"  5. The Causes of Sweating  6. Remedies for Sweating  7. Over-Supply of Low-Skilled Labour  8. The Industrial Condition of Women Workers  9. Moral Aspects of Poverty  10. "Socialistic Legislation"  11. The Industrial Outlook of Low-Skilled Labour; List of Authorities

O autorze

J. Hobson