{"product_id":"classical-liberalism-and-the-industrial-working-class","title":"Classical Liberalism and the Industrial Working Class","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Hodgskin (1787–1869) is today a largely unknown figure, sometimes considered to be a forerunner of Karl Marx. Yet a closer look at Hodgskin’s works reveals that he was actually a committed advocate of \u003cem\u003elaissez-faire\u003c\/em\u003e economics and enthusiastic about labor-saving machinery and the Industrial Revolution, with a genuine interest in the well-being of the working classes. This book places him in the tradition of classical liberalism, where he belongs—as a disciple of Adam Smith, but even less tolerant of government power than Smith was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClassical Liberalism and the Industrial Working Class: The Economic Thought of Thomas Hodgskin\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to advanced students and scholars in the history of economic thought, economic history and the history of political thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232463704408,"sku":"9780367193621","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367193621.jpg?v=1768999543","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/classical-liberalism-and-the-industrial-working-class","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}