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Social liberalism

  • New DealIn the autumn of 1929, the United States stock market crashed and triggered a chain reaction that would last for four years.
  • Toronto StarIn 1892, a group of striking printers and writers in Toronto formed the Evening Star. Horatio Clarence Hocken led this effort alongside Jimmy Simpson, both…
  • Keynesian economicsIn 1892, J. M. Robertson raised the paradox of thrift during a debate about economic cycles. This early argument questioned why saving money could harm an…
  • Modern liberalism in the United StatesIn 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered the White House as the nation faced the economic calamity of the Great Depression.
  • The Asahi ShimbunThe Asahi Shimbun began publication in Osaka on the 25th of January 1879 as a small-print, four-page illustrated paper. It sold for one sen, which was a…