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Life Is...

by Darren Hobson ...

An Unapologetic Tour Guide to Territory Most Writers Avoid.What truly is life? For Darren Hobson, it’s a grim joke told with a meat cleaver. This collection is a raw, unflinching blend of poetry and prose that dissects human existence with blunt honesty and a vein of biting dark humour. Abandon polite verse for explosive tales of vengeance—from lovers dragged into a harvester to executives impaled ... Read more

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An Unapologetic Tour Guide to Territory Most Writers Avoid.What truly is life? For Darren Hobson, it’s a grim joke told with a meat cleaver. This collection is a raw, unflinching blend of poetry and prose that dissects human existence with blunt honesty and a vein of biting dark humour. Abandon polite verse for explosive tales of vengeance—from lovers dragged into a harvester to executives impaled
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Democracy After The War (Routledge Revivals)

by J. Hobson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1917, Democracy After the War considers the challenges faced in the development of liberal democracy. Hobson emphasises the power of reactionary forces and their ability to hold back progress, reiterating his view that the crux of the problem lies in the inequalities in income and wealth which led to imperialism. Through analysing the economic foundations of imperialist ... Read more

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First published in 1917, Democracy After the War considers the challenges faced in the development of liberal democracy. Hobson emphasises the power of reactionary forces and their ability to hold back progress, reiterating his view that the crux of the problem lies in the inequalities in income and wealth which led to imperialism. Through analysing the economic foundations of imperialist
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It Happened in a Flash: An Anthology of 64 Bite-Sized Stories

by Katharina Gerlach, Ava Fairhall, K.V. Moffet, Peg Fisher, Ruth Sard, Tom Vetter, Holly Lisle, Joyce Sully, Troy Pennie, Tuff Gartin, Lexy Stanton, Moira K. Brennan, Barbara Lund, Raven O’Fiernan, Marya Miller, Nika Cantabile, Hannetjie Joubert, Ken Bristow, Rebecca W. Hansen, Alex F. Fayle, Connie Cockrell, Elizabeth McCleary, S.R. Olson, Rachel Kovaciny, Angela Wooldridge, Dwayne Allemao, Storm Weaver, Oren Litwin, Nina Hobson, Laura Wilson-Anderson, Chaitali Gawade, Devlyn Dunne, Sylvie Granville, Annais Ryder, Timothy Couch, R.C. Blatter, Charles Hoge, Amberlyn Pryor, Dana Fischer, Samantha Hulatt, Sarah Neuen, VS Stark, J.L. Perry, Mike Lucas, Eileen Mueller, Nicky Penttila, Kirsten Bolda, Ernesto I. Ramirez, Charlotte Henley Babb, Elaine S. Milner, James Roecourt, James Husum, Kent Pollard, Heidi Ferguson, Lauren M. Catherine, Janna Willard, Kami Bataya, Marie Dowd, Julia Mozingo, Eliza K. Gillham, Arlo Sharp, Rachel Hobbs, Shana Bloom, Michael Eldridge ...

Solve a mermaid's problem…Step off the edge of a roof…Dig up a grave at midnight…Take advice from a fortune cookie…Visit the last library…Meet a bridge troll…And more…In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the trace of lighting in the sky, each is unique and interesting.These wildly different flash stories delight, astonish, scare, and ... Read more

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Solve a mermaid's problem…Step off the edge of a roof…Dig up a grave at midnight…Take advice from a fortune cookie…Visit the last library…Meet a bridge troll…And more…In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the trace of lighting in the sky, each is unique and interesting.These wildly different flash stories delight, astonish, scare, and
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International Trade (Routledge Revivals)

An Application of Economic Theory

by J. Hobson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1904, this important economic work explores some of the leading principles underlining the development of international trade. Hobson offered a departure from the conventional treatment of international trade in economic theory, simplifying concepts of free trade, exchange and tariffs and considering the practical application of theory in a manner accessible to the reader. ... Read more

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First published in 1904, this important economic work explores some of the leading principles underlining the development of international trade. Hobson offered a departure from the conventional treatment of international trade in economic theory, simplifying concepts of free trade, exchange and tariffs and considering the practical application of theory in a manner accessible to the reader.
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Poverty in Plenty (Routledge Revivals)

The Ethics of Income

by J. Hobson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1931, this Routledge Revivals title reissues J.A Hobson’s analysis of financial distribution in the early years of Twentieth Century Britain. The book focuses on the moral questions that he considered to be important in regard to the economic reforms that were necessary to secure the utilisation of modern productivity for the welfare of mankind. In this work, Hobson considers ... Read more

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First published in 1931, this Routledge Revivals title reissues J.A Hobson’s analysis of financial distribution in the early years of Twentieth Century Britain. The book focuses on the moral questions that he considered to be important in regard to the economic reforms that were necessary to secure the utilisation of modern productivity for the welfare of mankind. In this work, Hobson considers
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Writings on Imperialism and Internationalism (Routledge Revivals)

by J. Hobson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
J. A. Hobson’s Imperialism: A Study, first written in 1902, was undoubtedly his most prolific work. Yet Hobson wrote frequently about the topic of imperialism over the course of his career, and a number of his articles are included in this collection, first published in 1992. Exploring areas such as the presence of capitalism in South Africa following his visits to the country in the lead-up to ... Read more

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J. A. Hobson’s Imperialism: A Study, first written in 1902, was undoubtedly his most prolific work. Yet Hobson wrote frequently about the topic of imperialism over the course of his career, and a number of his articles are included in this collection, first published in 1992. Exploring areas such as the presence of capitalism in South Africa following his visits to the country in the lead-up to
... Read more
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Poetry Noise from the Basement

by Darren Hobson ...

We all have memories some of them make you happy and many of them make you sad, but do you ever wonder how we store all these memories? Imagine by the time you are a pensioner how much space you need to store all these memories, just like a smartphone starts to fail due to memory overload it is obvious that even the smartest human can get overwhelmed with too much in the databanksIn the first GEO ... Read more

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We all have memories some of them make you happy and many of them make you sad, but do you ever wonder how we store all these memories? Imagine by the time you are a pensioner how much space you need to store all these memories, just like a smartphone starts to fail due to memory overload it is obvious that even the smartest human can get overwhelmed with too much in the databanksIn the first GEO
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Writings on Distribution and Welfare (Routledge Revivals)

by J. Hobson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
The articles in this volume, originally published in a variety of journals between 1890 and 1937, deal with the themes of the distribution of income and welfare. Highlighting the contribution which Hobson made to welfare economics and the way in which he distanced himself from his more orthodox contemporaries in interpretation, the articles also show the changes in Hobson’s views over the decades ... Read more

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The articles in this volume, originally published in a variety of journals between 1890 and 1937, deal with the themes of the distribution of income and welfare. Highlighting the contribution which Hobson made to welfare economics and the way in which he distanced himself from his more orthodox contemporaries in interpretation, the articles also show the changes in Hobson’s views over the decades
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The Industrial System (Routledge Revivals)

An Inquiry into Earned and Unearned Income

by J. Hobson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1909 and reissued in 1910, J. A. Hobson’s The Industrial System provides a complex analysis of distribution and consumption. Offering a critique of contemporary capitalism whilst accepting the superiority of the free market, the book includes an exploration of areas such as cost and surplus, supply and demand and the labour movement. This is an important work by one of the most ... Read more

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First published in 1909 and reissued in 1910, J. A. Hobson’s The Industrial System provides a complex analysis of distribution and consumption. Offering a critique of contemporary capitalism whilst accepting the superiority of the free market, the book includes an exploration of areas such as cost and surplus, supply and demand and the labour movement. This is an important work by one of the most
... Read more
Taxation in the New State (Routledge Revivals)

by J Hobson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1919, Taxation in the New State explores the practical application of tax policy to the financial situation of post-World War I Britain. Hobson assesses policy according to the tax payer’s ability to bear the burden and draws a distinction between ‘cost’ and ‘surplus’. He proposes a number of reforms and considers the pitfalls of attempting the find required revenue using ... Read more

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First published in 1919, Taxation in the New State explores the practical application of tax policy to the financial situation of post-World War I Britain. Hobson assesses policy according to the tax payer’s ability to bear the burden and draws a distinction between ‘cost’ and ‘surplus’. He proposes a number of reforms and considers the pitfalls of attempting the find required revenue using
... Read more
The Problem of the Unemployed (Routledge Revivals)

An Enquiry and an Economic Policy

by J. Hobson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1896, this seminal work considers the Question of the Unemployed at the height of imperialist capitalism. Hobson proposes a controversial theory of social progress, which argues that unemployment is a natural and necessary result of the mal-distribution of consumption power. In a comprehensive assessment of the practicalities of capitalism, The Problem of the Unemployed ... Read more

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First published in 1896, this seminal work considers the Question of the Unemployed at the height of imperialist capitalism. Hobson proposes a controversial theory of social progress, which argues that unemployment is a natural and necessary result of the mal-distribution of consumption power. In a comprehensive assessment of the practicalities of capitalism, The Problem of the Unemployed
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Problems of Poverty (Routledge Revivals)

An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor

by J. Hobson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1891, this seminal work examines the primary causes of poverty during the industrial age. Through considering how poverty is measured, the growth of urbanisation and the supply of low-skilled labour in the workforce, Hobson arrives at possible solutions to the problem of poverty and explores the ethical issues surrounding it. ... Read more

$56.33 CAD

First published in 1891, this seminal work examines the primary causes of poverty during the industrial age. Through considering how poverty is measured, the growth of urbanisation and the supply of low-skilled labour in the workforce, Hobson arrives at possible solutions to the problem of poverty and explores the ethical issues surrounding it.
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