Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volumes 4 & 5 - Essays on Economics & Society

Volumes 4 and 5 bring together a rich collection of Mill's writing on politics and the economy over the course of his intellectual career.Volume 4 includes, most significantly, "Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy." Here, Mill grapples with issues related to foreign trade and the balancing of government's goal
of promoting free trade with its interest in raising revenues from import duties and tariffs. Also included in these volumes are such early essays as "The Silk Trade" and "The Nature, Origin, and Progress of Rent" and such later works as Mill's petition on free trade and "Chapters on Socialism" (posthumously published).

Summary

Bring together a collection of Mill's writing on politics and the economy over the course of his intellectual career. Volume 4 includes "Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy".

Product details

• Authors: John Stuart Mill
• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2006
• EAN: 9780865976917
• ISBN: 978-0-86597-691-7
• No. of pages: 847
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 52 mm
• Weight: 1332 g
• Series: Collected Works of John Stuart; Collected Works of John Stuart
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics