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John Stuart Mill
The era's most respected economist-philosopher, invoked by the narrator as the polished voice of a science that calls itself the art of getting rich.
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Also known as Mr. J. S. Mill, Mr. Mill, Mill
First appearance: Unto This Last
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Referenced as a representative of classical political economy whose theories on produce and value are critiqued by Ruskin.
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Mill stands in the text as the respectable face of orthodox political economy — the man whose definitions the narrator quotes in order to dismantle them. The tension is one of reverence turned against itself: the…
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- Professional
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- Economic and mythological critics
- Protagonist
- Literary economic archetypes
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psychological · negative
The narrator critiques Mill's utilitarian framework, arguing it dehumanizes labor. How this plays out →
- David Ricardo
professional · ambivalent
- The Servant
social · negative
- Unknown Narrator
psychological · negative
The narrator critiques Mill's utilitarian framework, arguing it dehumanizes labor. How this plays out →
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