First edition. Small 8vo. 40, [1, publisher’s advertisements to rear pastedown] pp. Original printed stiff boards, sewn as issued (contents and covers slightly spotted, light shelf wear to edges, otherwise very good). London, The Daily News Ltd., ‘The New Way’ Series No. 7, 1924.
A short pamphlet surveying different theories and forms of social welfare systems. Beveridge’s work on social insurance would culminate with the 1942 Beveridge Report, officially entitled Social Insurance and Allied Services, which formed the basis of the establishment of the welfare state in Britain.
