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American politics is dominated by individualist ideology instead of the collectivist ideology that influences politics in some European countries. [200] American citizens expect less influence and intervention by the government and are less likely to accept government intervention compared to citizens of European countries.
Many of our leading educational, cultural and economic institutions have ignored that message, writing off the complaints of ordinary Americans as reactionary, racist or ignorant or simply irrelevant.
Liberalism increasingly shaped American intellectual life in the 1930s and 1940s, thanks in large part to two major two-volume studies that were widely read by academics, advanced students, intellectuals and the general public, namely Charles A. Beard and Mary Beard's The Rise of American Civilization (2 vol.; 1927) and Vernon L. Parrington's ...
Liberal philosophers such as John Rawls have characterized liberalism as a political regime in which the state is (or should seek to be) neutral with regard to personal values and conceptions of the good life. Criticizing this claim, Patrick Deneen argues that any society "ultimately can't be neutral on questions about what it is we value as a ...
US consumer spending held up remarkably well throughout 2023, with the post-pandemic spending spree not abating despite high inflation. Consumers dug into their pandemic savings and relied heavily ...
It really is the economy, stupid. 39% of middle-class Americans say ‘money’ is their top concern versus just 4% who cite political and social issues, survey finds Paolo Confino December 19 ...
A third solution recognizes that American society, history, and political thought are more complex than what can be conveyed by only two partisan positions. Joel Garreau's The Nine Nations of North America, first published in 1981, was an early attempt to analyse such multiple positions.
Equal economic opportunity, a robust social safety net, and strong labor unions have long been at the heart of Democratic economic policy. [9] The party favors a mixed economy [17] and generally supports a progressive tax system, higher minimum wages, Social Security, universal health care, public education, and subsidized housing. [9]