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John Hobson  

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  • John Atkinson Hobson was an English writer, economist, and social critic, born on July 6, 1858, into a middle-class family, as the son of a prosperous newspaper owner. He studied classics at Oxford and then became a school teacher and extension lecturer in English and economics, in which he was self-taught. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Hobson, John]

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