![]() ![]() Although their proposals were not new in academia and political discourse, the political and economic environment at the time increased the popularity of those proposals among the member of the Public (Whitehead, 2014). Two scholars, Miles and Beveridge, became the leading proponent of the middle way between libertarianism and collectivism in the post-World War II Britain. While the rich became richer, the poor continued to languish in poverty due to income inequality, which prompted scholars, politicians, and other commentators to look for ways of elevating the poor. Society favored the privatization of industries and freeing the market, which later led to the rise of inequality in Britain. Marxist ideology was firmly rejected within the West and in particular, Britain (Whitehead, 2014). ![]() Nonetheless, the subsequent clash of communism happened simultaneously with the crisis of capitalism. ![]() Since the 1940s, there was intense debate about capitalism, communism, and socialism, with some countries even willing to wage war to support their politico-economic ideology of choice. ![]()
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