First published in 1938 this is a reissue of the autobiography of influential economist J. A. Hobson.

1. Class influences in Early Youth 2. An Early Heresy 3. Humanism and Rationalism 4. Contacts with Political and Ethical Movements 5. South African and American Studies 6. The Rise of Sociology in England 7. Politics and Journalism 8. The Great War and its Aftermath 9. Political and Economic Consequences of the War 10. Break-up of Creeds and Parties 11. Post-war Economics 12. The Welfare Economics of Population 13. Western Christianity 14. An Economic Journey towards Humanism 15. The Revision of Democracy 16. A Summary of Humanist Economics