Book V: Of the Influence of Government

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book section part of a treatise

Book V: Of the Influence of Government is the section of John Stuart Mill’s *Principles of Political Economy* that analyzes the proper functions, limits, and economic impact of government intervention in society.

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instanceOf book section ⓘ
part of a treatise ⓘ
addresses distinction between self-regarding and other-regarding actions in policy ⓘ
government responsibility for social protection ⓘ
moral justification of state action ⓘ
role of government in promoting general welfare ⓘ
scope of compulsory taxation ⓘ
trade-off between efficiency and intervention ⓘ
aimsTo define proper functions of government ⓘ
evaluate economic consequences of government action ⓘ
identify limits to state intervention ⓘ
author John Stuart Mill NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
discusses administration of justice ⓘ
defence ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
government regulation ⓘ
individual liberty ⓘ
infrastructure ⓘ
laissez-faire ⓘ
poor relief ⓘ
public goods ⓘ
state intervention in the economy ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
utilitarianism in public policy ⓘ
fieldOfStudy economics ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
political science ⓘ
genre economic treatise ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasPart chapters on necessary functions of government ⓘ
chapters on optional or expedient functions of government ⓘ
hasPerspective classical liberalism ⓘ
utilitarian political economy ⓘ
includedIn standard editions of Principles of Political Economy ⓘ
influenced later liberal thought on the state ⓘ
subsequent theories of government intervention in markets ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic economic impact of government ⓘ
functions of government ⓘ
limits of government intervention ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
partOf Principles of Political Economy ⓘ
philosophicalBasis utilitarianism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition British liberalism ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
relatedWork On Liberty ⓘ
workIn classical economics ⓘ

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