Can a new Beveridge fix a broken welfare state?
Can a new Beveridge fix a broken welfare state? Readers respond to John Harris’s article about how the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of Britain’s welfare structures William Beveridge, pictured in 1943. Photograph: IWM/Getty Images/IWM via Getty Images William Beveridge, pictured in 1943. Photograph: IWM/Getty Images/IWM via Getty Images Letters Wed 24 Feb 2021 13.32 EST Last modified on Wed 24 Feb 2021 14.37 EST Daniel Suskind, in A World Without Work, advocates a payment that reflects how a nation’s social capital is the basic resource from which all else flows. Al...