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'Britain would have been better off without the welfare state'
Winner of the Institute of Economic Affairs' 2005 Arthur Seldon Award for ExcellenceWinner of the 2007 Sir Anthony Fisher Memorial Award which is awarded by the Atlas Foundation in America That is the startling claim at the core of this controversial book. Marshalling an extraordinary range of evidence, fully updated for this paperback edition, James Bartholomew summons into the dock each of the sacred cows of the welfare state and subjects them to searching cross-examination: Do welfare benefits cause unemployment? Does the NHS do what was promised? Has state education given better chances to the less well off? What caused the failure of council housing? Does 'broken parenting' matter? Is a poor state pension better than none? And in conclusion, he asks the key question: if the welfare state is so bad, why don't we get rid of it? 'An indispensable and very readable guide to how - despite the best of all possible intentions - the welfare state has failed to keep its own promises and, worse still, has done substantial damage to British society. Essential reading.' Minette Marrin, Sunday Times columnist 'James Bartholomew's ground-breaking book' Andrew Roberts, Daily Mail 'A devastating critique ...I congratulate Mr Bartholomew' Milton Friedman 'Frighteningly persuasive - In making us think the unthinkable, Bartholmew has kick-started an argument from which today's politicians will do their utmost to hide' Sunday Telegraph
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About James Bartholomew James Bartholomew is a leader writer and columnist for The Daily Telegraph
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