More than 400 years ago, the British adopted the Poor Law system, under which local communities were made responsible for the relief of poverty. For the next four centuries the Poor Laws were amended again and again, as the following argument went to and fro: Was the system providing necessary relief or was it in various ways interfering with the natural workings of the labor market by subsidizing idleness and encouraging indolence.
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Sunday, February 7, 2016
Relief of Poverty: Four Centuries of Futility
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history,
poverty,
welfare,
work programs
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