Britain’s welfare state was partly financed by colonial tax revenues
Evidence
In these terms, “native” populations are believed to have a greater right to access welfare provisions, ignoring how Britain’s welfare state was funded by taxes collected within the colonies (see Bhambra 2022 for discussion). — Amit Singh, “Carnal conviviality” and the end of…, 21
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to empire/border discourse and the question of who “deserves” welfare — resonates with migration studies and postcolonial scholarship on how British prosperity depended on colonial extraction. — connects to: Malayan rubber profits partly funded the British welfare state. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 869; Slave-created colonial wealth financed British commercial and industrial growth; Colonial exploitation funded welfare rights in the metropolis — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 237
- corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — Amit Singh, “Carnal conviviality” and the end of…, 21
Related
- Malayan rubber profits partly funded the British welfare state. (similarity 0.85)
- Colonial exploitation funded welfare rights in the metropolis (similarity 0.82)
Broader Connections
- Colonial exploitation funded welfare rights in the metropolis
#corroborates(0.95) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 237 - Malayan rubber profits partly funded the British welfare state.
#exemplifies(0.92) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 869 - Slave-created colonial wealth financed British commercial and industrial growth
#expands(0.78)