THE WELFARE STATE: THEN AND NOW
Thursday 22 October
14:30 - 16:00
Teatro Carignano
Piazza Carignano, 6, Torino
With
TITO BOERI, JOEL MOKYR
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Between 1601 and 1834, England built the first large-scale system of poor relief in history, long before the modern welfare state. Was this unprecedented system of social protection a burden on economic growth, or did it help make the Industrial Revolution possible?
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