Problems of a New World

12mo (19.5.cm), VIII, 277, [3] pp. Publisher's cloth (binding and endpapers slightly stained, stamps of "Fédération syndicale internationale"). John Atkinson Hobson (1858-1940) was an English economist and social scientist. He is best known for his writing on imperialism, which influenced Vladimir Lenin. The book deals with the economic and political issues that arose from the First World War. The first three parts of the study consider the world before the war, and the interests, purposes and ideals which influenced the national psyche during the years which followed. In the final two parts, Hobson assesses the political and economic conditions confronted by the post-war world, with a particular focus on the impact of war on industry, and the ideals of nationhood.