Talk:John A. Hobson
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[edit] Assess
This is a B but lacks in-line citations ... is it too late? Victuallers 11:13, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
The first paragraph of this article is uncomfortably close to this:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823869.html
As to the rest of it, I don't know Hobson well enough to criticise the details of the content, but I also don't feel like I've learned a lot about Hobson from reading it. It seems to be about various people's views on New Imperialism (and indeed duplicates material from that much-disputed article), of whom Hobson just happens to be one. Towards the end it presents various arguments on the subject without really attributing them to anybody, and ends with a conclusion as to what the causes of New Imperialism were, which is both POV and not really the topic of the article. I feel like this was written for some purpose other than an encyclopedia article on Hobson, and it doesn't really do the job very well. --rbrwr
- The first paragraph is definitely copy-pasted with a few word changes. --Mrwojo 00:41 Jan 3, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Major Edit
I've just added numerous paragraphs regarding Hobson's life and work, improved the bibliography, added the source for most of the material, and improved general formatting. I decided to contribute to this article because I have recently acquired an interest in Hobson's work. Any questions or comments your free to leave on my talk page. --Begebies 03:04, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
I edited the erroneous assertion that Hobson was a Fabian, and in the process added a small paragraph that covers the inital inception of underconsumption, A.F. Mummery's contribution and the academic community's rejection of Hobson. ----Kairoi 08:54, 25 April 2006 (UTC)Kairoi --204.52.215.95 08:50, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Also, added the full bibliography of book length works. --Kairoi 09:27, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Name
I'd propose moving the page to J. A. Hobson per WP:NCP - that is the name he's most commonly known by. See, for example, A. J. P. Taylor or C. S. Lewis. -- Lincolnite 22:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
J.A. Hobson is how I know him. Ditto on marxists.org. I support the change.--Dylanfly 21:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I support moving the article to J. A. Hobson too.--Johnbull (talk) 20:24, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
