Ideologies / Welfare Capitalist / William Beveridge
§ The minds · 1879–1963 · United Kingdom · Economist & reformer
William Beveridge
Slew the five giants
The blueprint for the welfare state.
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The Liberal economist whose 1942 report — 'cradle to grave' social insurance — became the founding blueprint of the post-war welfare state across the democratic world.
social
Progressive reformer aiming at Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness.
economic
A market liberal who argued capitalism must be underwritten by universal social insurance.
governance
Worked through liberal-democratic institutions and expert commissions.
Notable for
- The Beveridge Report (1942)
- Designed universal social insurance
- Defined the 'five giants'
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