The Beveridge Report, widely regarded as the founding document of Britain’s welfare state, was released 70 years ago this week. The document had been commissioned 18 months earlier but the timing of its publication was fortuitous. In late 1942, the American navy halted Japanese expansion in the Pacific, the British army defeated Rommel in north Africa and Russian troops were encircling the German forces at Stalingrad. While the war would last another two-and-a-half years, its outcome was becoming daily more clear.
70年前的这一周，《贝弗里奇报告》(Beveridge Report)发表。人们普遍认为，那份报告奠定了英国“福利国家”的基础。那份报告是在18个月之前委托撰写的，但发表的时机颇为幸运。1942年后期，美国海军在太平洋成功遏制了日军的扩张，英国军队在北非击败了隆美尔(Rommel)，而苏军在斯大林格勒包围了德军。尽管当时距离二战结束还有两年半的时间，但战争的结局已日趋清晰。
您已阅读11%（707字），剩余89%（5667字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。