Beatrice Webb

Poverty and Unemployment and Full Employment / The Early Debate between Beatrice Webb, Sidney Webb and William Beveridge

According to Beveridge’s 1944 report, only a state policy of full employment could free Britain from what he termed the ‘giant evils’ of Want, Disease, Ignorance and Squalor. The fight against unemployment and the fight against poverty were one and the same, according to Beveridge: “If we attack with determination, unity and clear aim the … Continue reading →