Principles of Political Economy

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book treatise

Principles of Political Economy is John Stuart Mill’s influential 1848 treatise that systematically analyzes classical economics while integrating social and ethical considerations into economic theory.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → treatise →
advocates	limited government intervention in markets →
allowsFor	state intervention for education → state intervention for public works → state intervention to alleviate poverty →
author	John Stuart Mill →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
critiques	rigid class structures → unrestricted laissez-faire →
discusses	capital accumulation → economic growth → international trade → laissez-faire → population → profits → rent → role of government in the economy → value → wages →
emphasizes	human well-being as an economic objective → utilitarian ethics in economic policy →
firstEditionPlaceOfPublication	London →
firstEditionPublisher	John W. Parker →
genre	economics literature → political economy →
hasPart	Book I: Of Production → Book II: Of Distribution → Book III: Of Exchange → Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution → Book V: Of the Influence of Government →
influenced	19th-century liberal thought → John Maynard Keynes → later utilitarian economists → social liberalism → welfare economics →
influencedBy	Adam Smith → David Ricardo → Jeremy Bentham → Thomas Robert Malthus →
integrates	ethical considerations into economic theory → social considerations into economic theory →
language	English →
mainSubject	classical economics → economic theory → ethics in economics → political economy → social philosophy →
originallyPublishedAs	Principles of Political Economy with some of their Applications to Social Philosophy →
proposes	distinction between laws of production and laws of distribution →
publicationYear	1848 →
supports	cooperative production under certain conditions → progressive social reforms →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Book I: Of Production → Book II (Principles of Political Economy) → Book II: Of Distribution → Book III: Of Exchange → Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution → Book V (Principles of Political Economy) → Book V: Of the Influence of Government →	partOf
John Ramsay McCulloch ("The Principles of Political Economy") → John Stuart Mill → John Stuart Mill → John Stuart Mill →	notableWork
Book II (Principles of Political Economy) ("Principles of Political Economy with some of their Applications to Social Philosophy") → Book III: Of Exchange ("Principles of Political Economy with some of their Applications to Social Philosophy") → Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution ("Principles of Political Economy with some of their Applications to Social Philosophy") →	workContainedIn
classical economics ("Principles of Political Economy (John Stuart Mill)") →	hasKeyText
Book II (Principles of Political Economy) →	isMajorSectionOf
Book I: Of Production →	isOpeningSectionOf
Principles of Political Economy ("Principles of Political Economy with some of their Applications to Social Philosophy") →	originallyPublishedAs
Book V (Principles of Political Economy) ("Books I–V of Principles of Political Economy") →	partOfSeries
An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent ("Principles of Political Economy and Taxation") →	relatedTo
The Subjection of Women →	relatedWork