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Owen's Report is a pamphlet addressing the problem of the general depression that followed the Napoleonic wars. Demand had collapsed, the markets were glutted, there was high unemployment. The poor rates had risen alarmingly, and Owen, like many others, was searching for a better remedy than the old Poor Law. He insists that it is a case of poverty in the midst of plenty; the productive capacity of the nation has increased greatly over recent decades, and yet the masses are in want. His diagnosis and recommended cure fall under three headings: a change in the monetary system; the adoption of spade cultivation; the setting up of model communities.
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Owen's Report is a pamphlet addressing the problem of the general depression that followed the Napoleonic wars. Demand had collapsed, the markets were glutted, there was high unemployment. The poor rates had risen alarmingly, and Owen, like many others, was searching for a better remedy than the old Poor Law. He insists that it is a case of poverty in the midst of plenty; the productive capacity of the nation has increased greatly over recent decades, and yet the masses are in want. His diagnosis and recommended cure fall under three headings: a change in the monetary system; the adoption of spade cultivation; the setting up of model communities.
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