"Unto this last"
Subtitle: four essays on the first principles of political economy
By: by John Ruskin
Publisher: Smith, Elder
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Economics
Description: Unto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, first published in December 1860 in the monthly journal Cornhill Magazine in four articles. Ruskin says himself that these articles were "very violently criticized", forcing the publisher to stop the publication after four months. Subscribers sent protest letters. But Ruskin countered the attack and published the four articles in a book in May 1862. This essay is very critical of capitalist economists of the 18th and 19th century. In this sense, Ruskin is a precursor of social economy.