Hobson, John Atkinson (1858-1940)

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Jane Addams to Henry Demarest Lloyd, February 27, 1903

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, May 3, 1903

List of Professors to Receive Newer Ideals of Peace, January 1907

Amos Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt, December 23, 1912

Jane Addams to Rosika Schwimmer, November 27, 1915

Rosika Schwimmer to Jane Addams, November 27, 1915

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, August 30, 1916

Outlines of Research Studies on "The Open Door," February 1918

Fannie Fern Phillips Andrews to Jane Addams, February 20, 1918

League of Peace and Freedom: Report and Financial Statement, January 1920

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Jane Addams, April 3, 1920

Anna Garlin Spencer to Jane Addams, May 2, 1920

Conference on Economic Recovery and World Peace, June, 1921

Peace and Bread: President Wilson's Policies, January 28, 1922

Address on international arbitration, ca. 1927

Address on International Arbitration, ca. 1927

Jane Addams to John Atkinson Hobson, October 23, 1916

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Birth Date

1858-07-06

Death Date

1940-04-01

Birthplace

Derby, England

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John A. Hobson was an economist who lived in London during a major economic depression in the late 19th century. He created the theory of underconsumption. Hobson wrote many publications on economics, such as Problems of Poverty (1891), Evolution of Modern Capitalism (1894), Problem of the Unemployed (1896) and John Ruskin: Social Reformer (1898). He wrote Imperialism: A Study in 1902. Hobson worked as The Manchester Guardian's South African correspondent, covering the Second Boer War.

He married an American, Florence Edgar, in 1885. They had __ children, including Ernest, Harold, and Mabel. Hobson died in 1940.