03254nam 22005895 450 991062439500332120230810175705.09783031100086(electronic bk.)978303110007910.1007/978-3-031-10008-6(MiAaPQ)EBC7126596(Au-PeEL)EBL7126596(CKB)25208123200041(DE-He213)978-3-031-10008-6(EXLCZ)992520812320004120221026d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSidney and Beatrice Webb An Academic Biography /by David Reisman1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2022.1 online resource (294 pages)Great Thinkers in Economics,2662-6284Print version: Reisman, David Sidney and Beatrice Webb Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031100079 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. The Webbs -- 3. The Economics of Deprivation -- 4. Unemployment -- 5. Cooperation -- 6. The Labour Factor -- 7. Decline and Fall -- 8. Communism -- 9. Rights and Duties -- 10. The Legacy of the Webbs.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. 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.Great Thinkers in Economics,2662-6284EconomicsHistoryEconomicsLabor economicsHistory of Economic Thought and MethodologyPolitical Economy and Economic SystemsLabor EconomicsEconomicsHistory.Economics.Labor economics.History of Economic Thought and Methodology.Political Economy and Economic Systems.Labor Economics.335.14092335.140922Reisman David A.118598MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910624395003321Sidney and Beatrice Webb3061795UNINA