John A. Hobson was a liberal thinker and an economist who was one of the first writers to use the concept of imperialism and even inspired Lenin’s development of the theory of imperialism. According to him, imperialism stems from the wrong practices within capitalism, capitalists preferred to convert the surplus of capital into reinvestment in order to make a profit outside their own country, since there was excessive production but inadequate consumption in society. In other words, the investigation of new investment and market opportunities for unused capital and non-consumable goods within the country leads to imperialism.