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The making of Beveridge's Unemployment (1909): three concepts blended

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The aim of this paper is to re-examine William Henry Beveridge's (1879 - 1963) early ideas on unemployment. After developing through three phases ('from the unemployable to the unemployed', 'from the unemployed to unemployment', and 'perfection of the labour market'), Beveridge finally accomplished a coherent package of remedies for unemployment: labour exchanges with National Insurance on the basis of the living wage principle (previously unexplored but evident through his work). These three concepts, perfectly blended, formed his original and unique standpoint. By analysing this development of ideas, we can position Beveridge's doctrine of unemployment more appropriately in the history of economic thought.

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  • Atsushi Komine, 2004. "The making of Beveridge's Unemployment (1909): three concepts blended," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 255-280.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:11:y:2004:i:2:p:255-280
    DOI: 10.1080/0967256042000209279
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