William Beveridge
William Beveridge
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge KCBwas a British economist, noted progressive and social reformer. He is best known for his 1942 report Social Insurance and Allied Serviceswhich served as the basis for the post-World War II welfare state put in place by the Labour government elected in 1945. He was considered an authority on unemployment insurance from early in his career, served under Winston Churchill on the Board of Trade as Director of the newly created labour exchanges and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth5 March 1879
Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.
There is a very important distinction between a critical attitude of mind (or critical faculty) and a sceptical attitude.
Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege.
The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the de e to lead anyone.
no one believes an hypothesis except its originator but everyone believes an experiment except the experimenter.
A cockle-fish may as soon crowd the ocean into its narrow shell, as vain man ever comprehend the decrees of God!
Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms.
There is no inherent mechanism in our present system which can with certainty prevent competitive sectional bargaining for wages from setting up a vicious spiral of rising prices under full employment.
I have spent most of my life most happily making plans for others to carry out.
If the way of heaven be narrow, it is not long; and if the gate be straight, it opens into endless life.
Any proposals for the future, while they should use to the full the experience gathered in the past, should not be restricted by consideration of sectional interests established in the obtaining of that experience. Now, when the war is abolishing landmarks of every kind, is the opportunity for using experience in a clear field. A revolutionary moment in the world's history is a time for revolutions, not for patching.
The human mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with a similar energy.