Bev‧er‧idge Re‧port, the /ˈbev
ərɪdʒ rɪˌpɔːt $ -ɔːrt/
an important report produced by the British
economist William Beveridge in 1942. It introduced the idea of the
welfare state (=the idea that the government should provide free health care, and money for old people and for people who cannot get a job).
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