The Industrial System
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The Industrial System is a seminal economic work by J. A. Hobson that analyzes the structure, dynamics, and social consequences of modern industrial capitalism.
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| The Industrial System canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9254633 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Industrial System Context triple: [J. A. Hobson, notableWork, The Industrial System]
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A.
The Industrial City
The Industrial City is the official motto of South San Francisco, reflecting its historic role as a major manufacturing and industrial hub in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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B.
L’Industrie
L’Industrie is a major work by early socialist thinker Henri de Saint-Simon that outlines his vision of an industrially organized society led by productive classes such as scientists, engineers, and industrialists.
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C.
Population II
Population II refers to an older, metal-poor class of stars typically found in globular clusters and the galactic halo, formed early in the history of the universe.
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D.
Desire of Nations
Desire of Nations is a messianic title for Christ that expresses the hope and longing of all peoples for a promised savior and universal king.
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E.
The Great World System
The Great World System is an ancient philosophical treatise traditionally attributed to the pre-Socratic thinker Leucippus, outlining an early atomistic and cosmological theory of the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Industrial System Target entity description: The Industrial System is a seminal economic work by J. A. Hobson that analyzes the structure, dynamics, and social consequences of modern industrial capitalism.
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A.
The Industrial City
The Industrial City is the official motto of South San Francisco, reflecting its historic role as a major manufacturing and industrial hub in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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B.
L’Industrie
L’Industrie is a major work by early socialist thinker Henri de Saint-Simon that outlines his vision of an industrially organized society led by productive classes such as scientists, engineers, and industrialists.
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C.
Population II
Population II refers to an older, metal-poor class of stars typically found in globular clusters and the galactic halo, formed early in the history of the universe.
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D.
Desire of Nations
Desire of Nations is a messianic title for Christ that expresses the hope and longing of all peoples for a promised savior and universal king.
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E.
The Great World System
The Great World System is an ancient philosophical treatise traditionally attributed to the pre-Socratic thinker Leucippus, outlining an early atomistic and cosmological theory of the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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economic treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British New Liberalism
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linked to:
New Liberalism
early 20th-century economic thought ⓘ |
| author |
J. A. Hobson
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John Atkinson Hobson ⓘ
linked to:
J. A. Hobson
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
instability of capitalist markets
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maldistribution of income ⓘ social costs of industrialization ⓘ |
| describedAs |
analysis of modern industrial capitalism
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seminal economic work ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
dynamics of production and consumption
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relationship between industry and finance ⓘ social impact of industrial capitalism ⓘ structure of industrial organization ⓘ |
| genre |
economics
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political economy ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of laissez-faire capitalism
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reformist ⓘ |
| influenced |
discussions of imperialism in economics
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later critiques of capitalism ⓘ theory of underconsumption ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical political economy
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liberal reformist thought ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
capitalist production
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distribution of income ⓘ economic dynamics ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ economic structure ⓘ imperialism as an economic phenomenon ⓘ industrial capitalism ⓘ labor and capital relations ⓘ organization of industry ⓘ social consequences of industrialization ⓘ social reform ⓘ underconsumption ⓘ |
| proposes | economic and social reforms ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Imperialism: A Study
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The Evolution of Modern Capitalism ⓘ |
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