[Printed Socialist Party of Great Britain pamphlet.] Beveridge Re-Organises Poverty.

Author: 
[The Socialist Party of Great Britain; William Henry Beveridge (1879-1963), economist and British Liberal Party politician; the Beveridge Report, 1942]
Publication details: 
The Socialist Party of Great Britain, Rugby Chambers, 2 Rugby Street, WC1. [Printed by R. E. Taylor & Son, Ltd. (T.U.), 55/57 Banner Street, E.C.1. [1942 or 1943.]
£80.00
SKU: 13425

20pp., 12mo. In white covers printed in green and black, with the 'Object' and 'Declaration of Principles' of the SPGB on the inside front cover, and advertisements for other SPGB works on the inside back cover. Stapled. Priced at 3d. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. On front cover: 'This pamphlet shows that the Beveridge Plan will not end the poverty of the working-class. It is not a "new world" of hope but a redistribution of misery.' The pamphlet is arranged under the following headings: 'Should socialists work for social reform?', 'Why all the fuss about Beveridge?', 'Why the Committee was set up.', 'Fear of post-war discontent.', 'Cheaper insurance schemes.', 'Increasing the workers' efficiency.', 'Contributions and benefits of the scheme.', 'Cheeseparing administration.', 'How much unemployment after the War?', 'Will the workers benefit?', 'Socialism or the Beveridge plan?' Scarce: no copy at the British Library, and the only copies on COPAC at the LSE, Bishopsgate Institute, Sheffield and St Andrews. OCLC WorldCat also lists Sussex, Harvard, Michigan, Duke, and New York Public Library.