Thomas Hodgskin
Thomas Hodgskin | |
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| Born | 12 December 1787 |
| Died | 21 August 1869 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | British |
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| Influences | John Locke, Jean-Baptiste Say, Adam Smith |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political economy |
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Thomas Hodgskin (12 December 1787 – 21 August 1869) was an English socialist writer on political economy, critic of capitalism and defender of free trade and early trade unions.
His views differ from some of the views later assigned to the word 'socialism'. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the term socialist included any opponent of capitalism.