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THE full significance of the Beveridge report is only becoming apparent as its place in general reconstruction policies is appreciated. Already the report has brought the phrase 'freedom from want' out of the abstract into the concrete, and in doing so, as an article in the American periodical Fortune shows, makes a contribution to Anglo-American solidarity that should not be underrated. “We believe that it is possible, and therefore desirable, for the Government to set a minimum below which employment and the national income will not be permitted to fall. . . . Such a policy would in effect guarantee the existence of a job for every man who wants and is able to work. We do not think that the American voter will settle for less, and we see no reason why he should be asked to.”
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RECONSTRUCTION AND SOCIAL SECURITY. Nature 151, 33–36 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151033a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151033a0