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Summary of Beveridge life as a social reformer Background Information of Beveridge Beveridge studied mathematics, classic and law at Charterhouse School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was influenced by Fabian Society Socialist and became the best economist among them. His credibility as an economist/socialist remains defined through his early works on unemployment (1903-09) and his in-depth historical study on wages and prices in 1939 (Dimand, 2019). It is the Fabians who appointed him the director of London School of Economics a position that he held for 18 years giving him an exposure on all economics related dynamics (Dimand, 2019). He was the eldest son of a judge in the Indian Civil Service. He wrote about social services to express his interest in the subject from 1905-08 for the Morning Post newspaper. He worked as a social worker at Toynbee Hall from 1903-05 and met Beatrice Webb who introduced him to Winston Churchill. His interest in social services grew with his appointment as the Board of Trade advisor where he used his position to help organize the implementation of national system of labor exchanges. By 1909 he was appointed as the Director of Labor Exchanges with his social service ideas influencing figures like Llyod George. The government started taking action to combat poverty after his advice to Lloyd on old age pension and National Insurance. |Historical Account in Social Welfare His interest in social work became defined in 1903 when he was appointed as suwarden of Toynbee hall (London settlement house) serving as a social worker. Beatrice Webb during the early 20th century introduced young Beverigde to Winston Churchill and secured a position as an advisor of the trade board 1908. As a board of trade advisor, Beveridge helped to organize the implementation of national system of labor exchanges (Dimand, 2019). His aim was to ensure that the government remained potentially able to provide its citizens with open employment opportunities. He argued that organizations were poorly organized which impacted employment potentials in a negative manner thus the need for new move to ensure organizations offer open opportunities for full employments. Before the WWII, Beveridge expressed his interest in social welfare by offering shelter for scholars who sought refuge from Nazi persecutions. He played a significant role in ensuring that the social well-being of those affected by the Nazi persecution remained well defined (Hill, 2021). Though not a major leader, Beveridge interest in social services remained defined by his involvement with people to ensure that their physical needs remained well catered for at all times. His ideas influenced David Llyod George thus led to the passing of 1911 National Insurance Act. He was asked to advice Llyod on old age pension and national insurance as attributed to his noted potentials in the realization of a reasonable social welfare system. Beveridge report advocated for a comprehensive system of social insurance and proposed that the government had a responsibility of ensuring full employment for its potential citizens without any discrimination (Schwartz, 2017). However, all employees should pay a weekly Contribution to the state. Such contributions should yield some benefits that should be paid to the unemployed, the sick, the retired and the windows (Schwartz, 2017). The report advocated for equality in healthcare access thus demanded for a comprehensive healthcare...