Overview
- Utilises the private papers of Sidney and Beatrice Webb to draw insight into their working practices
- Covers to entire working life of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, including overlooked periods
- Presents the work of the Webbs within the boarder history of economic thought
Part of the book series: Great Thinkers in Economics (GTE)
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This book examines the economic, social and political thought of two highly influential cross-disciplinary contributors to the debate in the United Kingdom about welfare economics, social welfare, nationalisation and public policy. Active between the 1880s and the 1930s, their many books, papers, lectures and speeches shaped the discourse on heterodox economics, social democracy and the managed economy. The Webbs sat on Royal Commissions, permeated local and central government, and were instrumental in the creation of the London School of Economics.
This book discusses and assesses their contribution to the broad topics of inequality, poverty, unemployment, freedom, capitalism, socialism, constitutional reform, social evolution and the historical school. Issues such as these remain at the forefront of contemporary discussions not just in Britain but throughout the world.
This book discusses and assesses their contribution to the broad topics of inequality, poverty, unemployment, freedom, capitalism, socialism, constitutional reform, social evolution and the historical school. Issues such as these remain at the forefront of contemporary discussions not just in Britain but throughout the world.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
David Reisman is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Surrey, UK, and Senior Associate at the Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sidney and Beatrice Webb
Book Subtitle: An Academic Biography
Authors: David Reisman
Series Title: Great Thinkers in Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10008-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10007-9Published: 27 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10010-9Published: 27 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10008-6Published: 26 October 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-6276
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6284
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 288
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Labor Economics