Principles of Political Economy

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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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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, England
surface form: 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 Malthus
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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

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