Problems of Poverty (Routledge Revivals) - An Inquiry Into the Industrial Condition of the Poor

Zusammenfassung First published in 1891, this seminal work examines the primary causes of poverty during the industrial age. Hobson proposes solutions to the problem of poverty and explores the ethical issues surrounding it. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Measure of Poverty 2. The Effects of Machinery on the Condition of the Working-Classes 3. The Influx of Population into Large Towns 4. "The Sweating System" 5. The Causes of Sweating 6. Remedies for Sweating 7. Over-Supply of Low-Skilled Labour 8. The Industrial Condition of Women Workers 9. Moral Aspects of Poverty 10. "Socialistic Legislation" 11. The Industrial Outlook of Low-Skilled Labour; List of Authorities

Product details

• Authors: J. Hobson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2014
• EAN: 9780415659185
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65918-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Economics of industrial organisation, Economics of industrial organization