Talk:Speenhamland

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I don't see how the politically motivated reference to the closing of Speen post office has any bearing on the historical facts of the Speenhamland system of poor relief. Perhaps this paragraph should be removed?

[edit] Anachronistic

"this led to an unchanged effective market wage instead of a subsidy to workers." I've removed this sentence, because it presumes a functioning, ideal, labour market. This is rarely true, and is certainly false for the period amd place in question. JackyR 17:57, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page name

I learned of this (in GCSE History) as the Speenhamland system. Could anyone confirm if that is the usual name for it, and if so move the page? I think Speenhamland would be better as a disambiguation page, with links to here and to Speenhamland, Berkshire, which is, after all, the original meaning of the term. -- Blisco 10:27, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I've added a disambiguation link at the top of this page. I felt this article was much more substantial when compared to the other one. Also, I was struggling to think what to name this one. Speenhamland (welfare model)? So I think that resolves the matter. Greggykins 10:44, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

As I said above, "Speenhamland system" is the name my school textbooks used. I don't know if that's the name most used in academic sources, but it seems the most obvious title. The disambiguation link is a good idea for the current setup anyway. --Blisco 16:59, 3 October 2006 (UTC)