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Unto this Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy Essay II - The Veins of Wealth
In which John Ruskin delicately unfolds the distinction between political economy—the artful stewardship of a nation's true wealth in useful and pleasurable things—and mercantile economy, which concerns itself with the accumulation of power through the unequal exchange of labour. Through quaint hypothetical examples, he invites the reader to ponder the moral foundation of wealth and the unseen human costs hidden behind monetary riches, suggesting that the most precious treasures may indeed be found not in gold, but in the thriving souls and honest labours of the people themselves.
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