A group of socialist intellectuals proponents of gradual social reform leading figures included playwright George Bernard Shaw and founders of the London School of Economics Beatrice and Sydney Webb.

支持渐进式社会改革的社会主义知识分子中，有剧作家乔治-萧伯纳、伦敦经济学院创始人比阿特丽斯和西德尼-韦伯。