Title: William Beveridge
First published: 1977
Description: The Beveridge Plan of 1942 is regarded as the seminal document of the modern welfare state. Yet, if Beveridge was the 'father of the welfare state', he was also one of its earliest and most severe critics, as Harris reveals.
Subjects: Economists, Biography, Great britain, history, Ireland, history, Economics, Social reformers, Welfare state
Places: Great Britain
People: William Henry Beveridge Beveridge Baron (1879-1963)