A Beveridge Reader (Works of William H. Beveridge)

Part 1: The Economic and Social Philosophy of âA Free Societyâ 1. âBetween Cobden and Leninâ 2. Full Employment With âthe preservation of essential libertiesâ 3. âSocialization of Demandâ or the Politics of Demand Management 4. âAssumptions, Methods and Principlesâ in the 1942 Social Insurance Plan 5. The Case of Voluntary Action, 1948 Part 2: Social Insurance and the Allied Services: the Political Utopia of 1942 1. The Problem of âInterruption of Earningsâ as Disclosed by the Interwar Poverty Surveys 2. The Practicability of Redistributing Income So As To Abolish Want 3. âSubsistence Benefitâ Levels and the Problem of Rent 4. The Nature of Social Insurance and Its Rationale 5. âComparisons With Other Countriesâ: Flat Rate Versus Graduated Schemes 6. Conditions for Long-Term Claimants and the Need for Full Employment Part 3: The Development of Social Insurance as a Technique of Welfare 1. âA Daring Adventureâ, the Introduction of Unemployment Insurance in 1911 2. âFrom Insurance by Contract to Relief by Statusâ: Unemployment Insurance in the 1920s 3. âThe co-Ordination of Insuranceâ: Beveridgeâs Position in 1924 4. The 1942 Plan for Insurance âAll Embracing in Scope of Persons and of Needsâ 5. âA Difference of Principleâ About the Implementation of the Beveridge Report 6. âLower Contributionsâ rearranging the Burden of a Flat Rate Scheme Part 4: Beveridge and Economic Theory: The Problem of Unemployment 1. The Problem Definition of 1909: âA Problem of Industrial Organizationâ 2. The 1909 solution of âOrganization of the Labour Marketâ 3. The Impasse of 1930: Persistent Mass Unemployment with Sticky Wages 5. Keynesâs break and Beveridgeâs Instruments 6. Policies for Full Employment Part 5: The Role of Voluntary Action 1. Beveridgeâs Critique of Working-Class Life Assurance 2. The Motives of Mutual Aid and Philanthropy Expressed in Voluntary Action 3. The Role of Friendly Societies 4. The Evidence of the Decay of Friendly Societies. Conclusion: A Verdict on Beveridgeâs Collectivism. William (Later Lord) Beveridge: An Outline Life

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