Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution

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Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that analyzes how advancing social and economic development affects the ways wealth is produced and shared.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book section
part of a treatise
aimsToExplain how advancing society alters the conditions of production
how advancing society alters the distribution of wealth
author John Stuart Mill
concerns effects of technological and social change on distribution
effects of technological and social change on production
evolution of economic organization over time
relationship between economic growth and social institutions
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
field economics
political economy
social philosophy
genre economic treatise
hasAuthorEconomicSchool classical economics
hasAuthorPhilosophicalOrientation classical liberalism
hasPerspective normative and analytical treatment of economic progress
historicalContext 19th-century political economy
language English
mainTopic changes in distribution relations
changes in production relations
economic development
influence of social progress on distribution of wealth
influence of social progress on production
progress of society
partOf Principles of Political Economy
positionInWork Principles of Political Economy
surface form: Book IV of Principles of Political Economy
relatedWork Book I: Of Production
Book II: Of Distribution
Book III: Of Exchange
surface form: Book III: Exchange

Book V: Of the Influence of Government
surface form: Book V: On the Influence of Government
workContainedIn Principles of Political Economy
surface form: Principles of Political Economy with some of their Applications to Social Philosophy

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Principles of Political Economy hasPart Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution
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