Work and wealth : a human valuation / / J.A. Hobson
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| Autore: |
Hobson J. A (John Atkinson), <1858-1940., >
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| Titolo: |
Work and wealth : a human valuation / / J.A. Hobson
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010, c1992 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Welfare economics |
| Industries | |
| Social problems | |
| Note generali: | This version first published in 1992 by Routledge/Thoemmes Press. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; TITLE03; COPYRIGHT03; PREFACE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER I: THE HUMAN STANDARD OF VALUE; CHAPTER II: THE HUMAN ORIGINS OF INDUSTRY; CHAPTER III: REAL INCOME: COST AND UTILITY; CHAPTER IV: THE CREATIVE FACTOR IN PRODUCTION; CHAPTER V: THE HUMAN COSTS OF LABOUR; CHAPTER VI: THE REIGN OF THE MACHINE; CHAPTER VII: THE DISTRIBUTION OF HUMAN COSTS; CHAPTER VIII: HUMAN COSTS IN THE SUPPLY OF CAPITAL; CHAPTER IX: HUMAN UTILITY OF CONSUMPTION; CHAPTER X: CLASS STANDARDS OF CONSUMPTION |
| CHAPTER XI: SPORT, CULTURE AND CHARITYCHAPTER XII: THE HUMAN LAW OF DISTRIBUTION; CHAPTER XIII: THE HUMAN CLAIMS OF LABOUR; CHAPTER XIV: SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER XV: THE DISTRIBUTION OF LEISURE; CHAPTER XVI: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF INDUSTRY; CHAPTER XVII: THE NATION AND THE WORLD; CHAPTER XVIII: SOCIAL HARMONY IN ECONOMIC LIFE; CHAPTER XIX: INDIVIDUAL MOTIVES TO SOCIAL SERVICE; CHAPTER XX: THE SOCIAL WILL AS AN ECONOMIC FORCE; CHAPTER XXI: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL EFFICIENCY; CHAPTER XXII: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL ART; INDEX | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | First published in 1914 and reissued with a new introduction in 1992, Work and Wealth is a seminal vision of Hobson's liberal utopian ideals, which desired to demonstrate how economic and social reform could transform existing society into one in which the majority of the population, as opposed to a small elite, could find fulfillment.Hobson attacked conventional economic wisdom which made a division between the cost of production and the utility derived from consumption. Far from being necesarily arduous, Hobson argued that work had the potential to bring about immense util |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Work and wealth |
| ISBN: | 1-136-85727-3 |
| 1-136-85728-1 | |
| 1-283-24215-X | |
| 9786613242150 | |
| 0-203-83555-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785458303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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