In this 1862 collection of essays, Ruskin lays out his humanist theory of economics and calls for government intervention in the economy to serve values of social justice, of morality, and of higher aesthetics. Ahead of its time and still of great significance today, this is an inspiring vision of how government and culture might work together for the betterment of all.

John Ruskin was a British writer, artist, art critic, a member of the Raphael sect and a prolific artist of his own, Ruskin also wrote To this Day. Wild olive Corolla （1866). In these works, he puts forward his own ethical and economic propositions. He believes that bourgeois political and economic principles are against humanity.