Author
Owen,A. D. K, Karabaş, Mehmet Fazıl
Type
Book
Language
Turkish
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
University of Delaware
Record ID
cdi_idealonline_journals_IDEAL_135775
Library Location
Turkish Administration Journal, 1946, Vol.17 (178), p.79-114
Notes
Towards the middle of the nineteenth century, Benjomin Disraeli, who later became prime minister, described the rich and poor among the people as "two nations" in his book. Today, there are rich and poor among us, and the difference between their living standards continues to eat away at our courage. However, there have been great changes in human life between then and today, and the improvement in the social and economic situation of the working class is beyond praise. This improvement is partly due to the increase in wages with the development of industry and commerce, and partly to the fact that the number of children in workers' families has fallen below the middle. However, the real reason for the improvement is not so much the high wages or the scarcity of children, but rather the astonishing expansion of the social welfare system.