Sunday, March 16, 2008

William Henry Beveridge died today – 45 years ago

Economist William Henry Beveridge was born on March 5, 1879 in Rangpur, India (now Bangladesh). He said, “Unemployment is like a headache or a high temperature - unpleasant and exhausting but not carrying in itself any explanation of its cause." [Unless it’s chosen.]... Mr. Beveridge died on March 16, 1963 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

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