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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786057403321

Autore

Hobson J. A (John Atkinson), <1858-1940., >

Titolo

Rationalisation and unemployment : an economic dilemma / / J.A. Hobson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-59967-3

1-299-06747-6

0-203-35754-X

1-136-59968-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

338.064

Soggetti

Economics

Income

Overproduction

Unemployed

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1930 by George Allen & Unwin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Rationalisation and Unemployment; Title Page; Copyright Page; Title Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; 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 INTERNATIONALISM

Sommario/riassunto

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 an