"Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy" is a collection of essays by John Ruskin. In them, Ruskin challenges classical political economy and argues that economic life should be guided by ethics, justice, and care for labour and well-being. It is worth listening for its lucid, impassioned prose and its questions about wealth, poverty, and social responsibility.
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E-text prepared by David Clarke and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) UNTO THIS LAST AND OTHER ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY The World Library UNTO THIS LAST AND OTHER ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY
BY JOHN RUSKIN LONDON MELBOURNE · & · TORONTO WARD · LOCK · & · CO · LIMITED 1912 CONTENTS. PART I. PAGE THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ART 7 LŧŕǵǼǡŧ I. 11 1. Discovery 23 2. Application 28 LŧŕǵǼǡŧ II. 46 3. Accumulation 46 4. Distribution 65 AŠŠŧƿŠĵ 86 Note 1.—"Fatherly Authority" 86 " 2.—"Right to Public Support" 90 " 3.—"Trial Schools" 95
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4 .- "Public Favour"
101
" 5.—"Invention of new wants"
102
" 6.—"Economy of Literature"
104
" 7.—"Pilots of the State"
106
" 8.—"Silk and Purple"
107
PART II.
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UNTO THIS LAST
117
ESSAY
I.—The Roots of Honour
127
II.—The Veins of Wealth
143
III. - "Qui Judicatis Terram"
156
IV .- Ad Valorem
173
PART III.
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ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMYl△
I .- MAINTENANCE OF LIFE: WEALTH, MONEY
207
AND RICHES
Section 1. Wealth
214
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2. Money
219
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3. Riches
II.—NATURE OF WEALTH, VARIATIONS OF
225
VALUE, THE NATIONAL STORE, NATURE OF
LABOUR, VALUE AND PRICE, THE CURRENCY
252
III. - THE CURRENCY-HOLDERS AND STOREHOLDERS, THE DISEASE OF DESIRE
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