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Bookmark or Share- John A. Hobson - HET WebsiteJohn Atkinson Hobson, 1858-1940. English historicist economist, underconsumption theorist and apostle of the "New Liberal" movement.. The son of a Liberal newspaper publisher in Derby, John A. Hobson was educated in the classics at Lincoln College, Oxford.After graduating, he became a schoolteacher and a journalist.
- J. A. Hobson - WikipediaJohn Atkinson Hobson (6 July 1858 – 1 April 1940) was an English economist and social scientist.Hobson is best known for his writing on imperialism, which influenced Vladimir Lenin, and his theory of underconsumption. [1]His principal and earliest contribution to economics was the theory of underconsumption, a scathing criticism of Say's law and classical economics' emphasis on thrift.
- John Atkins Hobson | English historian | BritannicaOther articles where John Atkins Hobson is discussed: political philosophy: Lenin: …influenced by the English historian J.A. Hobson’s Imperialism, a Study (1902), which alleged that decadent capitalism was bound to turn from glutted markets at home to exploit the toil of “reluctant and unassimilated peoples.”
- Hobson’s Research on Imperialism and Its LegacyHobson’s works after Imperialism asserted that Liberal principles informed prosperity, peace, and equality.International Trade argued how tariffs spurned internationalism and were a sectarian policy.Protection helped some industries, reflecting their political weight, yet harmed commerce overall by skewing capital distribution and consumption.
- J. A. Hobson and Economic Imperialism | SpringerLinkIn Imperialism, Hobson was right to identify London and the service sector of the South East of England as the area from which most foreign investment sprang, and in suggesting that it had a big economic stake in imperial expansion. His assumption that foreign investment was largely the concern of a small, wealthy elite also has historical credibility.
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