The implication welfare doesn’t at least further the end of poverty reduction in advanced economies is also quite clearly contradicted by New Labour’s successes in reducing child poverty in the UK: https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/6738 https://www.ifs.org.uk/wps/wp1024.pdf  https://academic.oup.com/oxrep/article/29/1/178/402517 https://twitter.com/jdcmedlock/status/1283828454664712192

(Of course, these changes were fragile and other factors are important - hence, welfare changes had negligent effect on broader income inequality. But somehow, I’m not sure Claire Lehmann is advocating for greater taxation of the wealthy or new models of ownership either.)

There’s also this interesting thread, showing that increasing employment under the Conservatives hasn’t been enough to counteract the impoverishing effect of cuts to benefits implemented. Work, in itself, is not the best route out of poverty. https://twitter.com/jwhandley17/status/1270025523284983808?s=21 https://twitter.com/jwhandley17/status/1270025523284983808