J. A. Hobson

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J. A. Hobson
Born6 July 1858
Derby, England, United Kingdom
Died1 April 1940
London, England, United Kingdom
Political orientationLiberalism
Anti-imperialism


John Atkinson Hobson (6 July 1858 – 1 April 1940) was a British economist. Despite not being a Marxist, he analyzed imperialism more accurately than Kautsky and showed that finance capital dominated imperialist society.[1] He also criticized the social-democratic Fabian Society for supporting imperialism.[2]

References

  1. Vladimir Lenin (1916). Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism: 'Imperialism as a Special Stage of Capitalism'. Moscow: Progress Publishers. [MIA]
  2. Vladimir Lenin (1916). Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism: 'Critique of Imperialism'. Moscow: Progress Publishers. [MIA]