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Observations On The Defects Of The Poor Laws, And On The Causes And Consequences Of The Great Increase And Burden Of The Poor. With A Proposal For Redressing These Grievances.. By Thomas Alcock, A.M by Thomas Alcock is a mid-18th century tract that analyzes the English Poor Laws and argues that they are defective and overly burdensome. It contends that current systems fail to provide adequately for the impotent poor while encouraging wasteful administration, inflating costs, and discouraging industry. The work surveys different counties, cites historical and contemporary precedents, and contrasts England with other nations’ approaches to poverty relief. It advocates reform rather than repeal, emphasizing the moral and religious duty of charity and the necessity of a more efficient, voluntary, and better-organized system. Proposals include the creation of work-houses or hospitals, clearer settlements, and stricter controls on idleness and vagrancy, alongside enhanced private benefaction and community responsibility. The author envisions a reformed framework that reduces public expense, improves the treatment of the truly needy, and preserves dignity and incentive to work.
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Observations on the Defects of the Poor Laws, and on the Causes and Consequences of the Great Increase and Burden of the Poor. With a Proposal for Redressing These Grievances. . by Thomas Alcock, A.M
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