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James Mill

1773 - 1836

About the Author

James Mill (1773-1836) was an early 19th century Philosophic Radical, journalist, and editor from Scotland. He was very influenced by Jeremy Bentham’s ideas about utilitarianism which he applied to the study of British India, political economy, and electoral reform. Mill wrote on the British corn laws, free trade, comparative advantage, the history of India, and electoral reform. His son, John Stuart, after a rigorous home education, became one of the leading English classical liberals in the 19th century.

In The Library:

• author: Articles in the Supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica (1825)
• author: Colony (1825)
• author: Commerce Defended. An Answer to the Arguments by which Mr. Spence, Mr. Cobbett, and Others, have attempted to Prove that Commerce is not a source of National Wealth (1808)
• author: Education (1825)
• author: Elements of Political Economy (1821)
• author: An Essay of the Impolicy of a Bounty on the Exportation of Grain; and on the Principles which ought to regulate the Commerce of Grain (1804)
• author: Government (1825)
• author: The History of British India, 6 vols. (1817)
• author: The History of British India, vol. 1 (1817)
• author: The History of British India, vol. 2 (1817)
• author: The History of British India, vol. 3 (1817)
• author: The History of British India, vol. 4 (1817)
• author: The History of British India, vol. 5 (1817)
• author: The History of British India, vol. 6 (1817)
• author: Jurisprudence (1825)
• author: Law of Nations (1825)
• author: Liberty of the Press (1825)
• author: Prisons and Prison Discipline (1825)
• author: Selected Economic Writings (1804)

Quotations:

• James Mill likens the expence and economic stagnation brought about by war to a “pestilential wind” which ravages the country (1808) (24 September, 2011)
• James Mill on the “sinister interests” of those who wield political power (1825) (14 March, 2012)