Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
V.I. Lenin, in "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" (1916)—which was probably his most influential work on later Marxian scholarship—made use of Hobson's "Imperialism" extensively, remarking in the preface "I made use of the principal English work, "Imperialism", J. A. Hobson's book, with all the care that, in my opinion, that work deserves." In the work itself—despite disagreeing with Hobson's liberal politics—Lenin repeatedly cites Hobson's interpretation of imperialism approvingly; for example: