Mill's Socialism

[JKSCHW@xxxxxxx]

Read the section On the Probable Futurity of the Laboring Classes in Part IV of a later edition of Principlesof Political Economy. He clearly expects the end of the wage relationship, thinks workers won't stand for it any more. --jks

In a message dated Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:31:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

<< At 10:25 AM 8/31/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Mill also changed his mind about capitalism, and endede life as what we
>would call a market socialist. --jks

I'd say instead that John Stuart Mill became more of a New Deal liberal
(reform capitalism to save it) type, long before such attitudes were
possible or even acceptable amongst economists. But I'd bow to anyone with
greater knowledge of Mill's writings than mine.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

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