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The export of capital : thesis approved for the degree of doctor of science (economics) in the University of London / by C. K. Hobson

By:

Hobson, C. K. (Charles Kenneth), 1887- [author]

Contributor(s):

University of London [contributor]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in economic and political science ... no. 38 in the series of monographs by writers connected with the London school of economics and political science | Studies in economic and political science ... no. 38 in the series of monographs by writers connected with the London school of economics and political sciencePublisher: London : Constable and Company, Ltd., 1963Copyright date: ©1914Edition: Reissued 1963 editionDescription: xxxi, 264 pages : includes tables and diagrams ; 23 cmSubject(s):

LOC classification:

HG 4538 .H5 1963

Online resources:

Contents:

Chapter I: Methods of foreign investment -- Chapter II: Causes of foreign investment -- Chapter III: Effects of foreign investment -- Chapter IV: The growth of foreign investment -- Chapter V: The period of British predominance -- Chapter VI. British and continental investments -- Chapter VII. Capital exports and the balance of trade -- Chapter VIII. Capital exports, investments, and emigration.

Dissertation note: Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of London 1914 Summary: "This re-issue of C.K. Hobson's Export of Capital (1914) is much to be welcomed. Its combination of very fine analysis of the many theoretical issues relating to foreign investment, extensive historical learning and pioneering ventures in statistical calculation entitle it to be regarded as a classic. It was written in the heyday of British investment overseas, and the topic was thus a very live one at the time. In the decade before the First World War the British of capital rose to a great height, which almost certainly constituted a record in world history, if considered as a fraction of the lending county's nation income ; in absolute amount it was of the same order as American private investment overseas until very recently, an astonishing fact considering how much greater present American private national income is than was British national income half a century ago." -- from the preface

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Theses & Dissertations	Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks	The Karl H. Niebyl Collection	HG 4538 .H5 1963 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		NPML20050037

Includes appendices: A. French and German investments -- B. Ocean freight rates -- C. Shipping earnings.

Includes index.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of London 1914

"This re-issue of C.K. Hobson's Export of Capital (1914) is much to be welcomed. Its combination of very fine analysis of the many theoretical issues relating to foreign investment, extensive historical learning and pioneering ventures in statistical calculation entitle it to be regarded as a classic. It was written in the heyday of British investment overseas, and the topic was thus a very live one at the time. In the decade before the First World War the British of capital rose to a great height, which almost certainly constituted a record in world history, if considered as a fraction of the lending county's nation income ; in absolute amount it was of the same order as American private investment overseas until very recently, an astonishing fact considering how much greater present American private national income is than was British national income half a century ago." -- from the preface

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