Principles of Political Economy and Chapters on Socialism, 9780199553914
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Mill’s economic wisdom: Growth, capitalism, socialism, and government, then and now.

Principles of Political Economy and Chapters on Socialism

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    512 pages

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    9 July 2008

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Summary

This volume unites, for the first time, Books IV and V of Mill’s great treatise on political economy with his fragmentary chapters on socialism. It shows him applying his classical economic theory to policy questions of abiding concern, particularly the desirability of sustained growth of national wealth and population versus a stationary state, the merits of capitalism versus socialism, and the expedient scope of government intervention in the competitive market economy. His answers to those…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199553914
ISBN-10:0199553912
Author:John Stuart Mill, Jonathan Riley
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:9 July 2008
Weight:370g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 23mm
Series:Oxford World's Classics
About The Author

John Stuart Mill

Jonathan Riley is Associate Professor, Murphy Institute, Tulane University. He is also the author of Liberal Utilitarianism: Social Choice Theory and J. S. Mill’s Philosophy (OUP, 1988).

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