In 1948 the government enacted Lord Beveridge's plan for a national system of social insurance. In this paper David Franklin argues that the result has been the creation of culture of dependency and irresponsibility.
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For more on the impact of the welfare state, see James Bartholomew's bestseller, The Welfare State We're In and the March 2002 edition of Economic Affairs on Welfare Reform .
