Elucidates the author's views on a variety of topics across the social sciences. This work focuses upon free-thinking, economics and political ethics.

'Gold Prices and Wages' is 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 20th century.

This is a reissues J.A. Hobson's 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 20th century. Hobson contended that the relationship between gold prices and wages was in fact much more complex than it initially appeared.

Elucidating his views on a variety of topics across the social sciences, J.A. Hobson makes particular reference to the struggle between the disinterested urge of the social scientist and the interests and other motive forces which tend to influence and mould his processes of inquiry.

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 unemployment. Seeking a solution to this dilemma, Hobson analyses all aspects of the problem: income, uses of the surplus, underconsumption, markets and distribution, and internationalism. The study also explores theories concerning economies of rationalisation, both in terms of productivity and consumption.

'Democracy After the War' considers the challenges faced in the development of liberal democracy. Hobson emphasizes the power of reactionary forces and their ability to hold back progress, reiterating his view that the crux of the problem lies in the inequalities in income and wealth which led to imperialism.

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.

This work explores some of the leading principles underlining the development of international trade. Hobson offers a departure from the conventional treatment of international trade in economic theory, simplifying concepts of free trade, exchange and tariffs.

This work considers the question of the unemployed at the height of imperialist capitalism. Hobson proposes a controversial theory of social progress, which argues that unemployment is a natural and necessary result of the mal-distribution of consumption power.

Hobson's 'The Evolution of Modern Capitalism' was first published in 1894, although this reissue is of the fourth edition, published in 1926. The work traces the developments in trade and industry which characterised the first decades of the 20th century. In the first part, Hobson deals with the origins and structure of modern capitalism, including the development of the machine industry, the changing structure of trades and markets, and the effects of these on workers and consumers. The final supplementary chapter considers the impact of World War I on this changing economy, and the...