Title: Poverty and the State, or Work for the Unemployed An Enquiry Into the Causes and Extent of Enforced Idleness, Together With the Statement of a Remedy Practicable Here and Now Classic Reprint
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0332955028
ISBN 13: 9780332955025
Binding: HRD
Condition: New
Weight: 816 grams

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Confronting the stubborn problem of poverty, this work argues that reform must begin where help is already built—the workhouse—then expands into new, cooperative avenues that can work in the real world.

Set against the history of English relief and the realities of unemployment, the book outlines a practical path to feed, clothe, and shelter the needy without degrading them. It examines why current conditions leave many without work, and what a reformist approach could look like in practice—starting from traditional institutions and testing cooperative ideas side by side with existing systems.

The author reviews concrete experiments, including a prominent workhouse in Newcastle and a communal model in Oneida, to contrast success and limitations. The discussion weighs the roles of private property, competition, and cooperation, and it offers a clear vision for how work, production, and self-sufficiency might be aligned with moral and national aims.

How workhouses could be retooled to provide real employment and self-respect for inmates.
What cooperative, non-competitive models might add to or replace some traditional charity approaches.
Which practical measures could scale up to nationwide reform without sacrificing individual freedom.
Lessons from existing experiments on self-sufficiency, pricing, and markets for produced goods.

Ideal for readers curious about social reform, public policy, and the long history of poverty relief in England.

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