Richard Bilton compares the lives of the jobless in 1910 with their modern-day counterparts. A century ago single mums lived on the brink of starvation - now our costly benefits system means that children do not go hungry. But has the welfare state created new problems? And as the government embarks on the biggest shake-up of benefits for a generation, what lessons can we learn from research into unemployment carried out a hundred years ago? |
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Title: | Episode 2 | |
Air Date: | October 29, 2010 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | History | |
Eigyr : Sad to see america slowly going down the drain , liked it ,, one of the oldest democracies...