Sidney and Beatrice Webb: An Academic Biography

by David A. Reisman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031100107
• ISBN13: 9783031100109
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"