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Beatrice and Sidney Webb were the primary authors of the political economy of Fabian socialism. Their work together spanning half a century left an indelible mark on the evolution of opinion and legislation on trade unionism, local government, the relief of poverty, and theories of the transition to socialism.
This chapter was originally published in The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, 1st edition, 1987. Edited by John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman
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Cole, M.I. (ed.). 1949. The Webbs and their work. London: Frederick Muller.
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Winter, J.M. (1987). Webb, Beatrice (1858–1943) and Sidney (1859–1947). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1427-1
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