Position Paper

I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis—broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.

-- Franklin Roosevelt’s first inaugural address, 1933

To what extent should we embrace modern liberalism?

Analyze the source. (5 marks)

This was during the time of the Great Depression. Ideological perspective = modern liberalism Keynesian economics is being portrayed through this source Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal Talking about totalitarianism and authoritarianism governments

Understanding of Modern Liberalism

Talk about Liberalism: (1st body paragraph)

- Free market- Individualism Industrial Revolution (directly relate liberalism to this event)

o Adam Smitho Ricardo o Voltaire

Talk about Rejection of Liberalism: (2nd body paragraph)

- Authoritarianism- Hitler (fascism= reactionary)- Communism (USSR= revolutionary)- Mention the cold war

o Cold War was a war based on ideological differenceso Communism vs. Liberal Democracy (ideologies)

Talk about Modern Liberalism: (3rd body paragraph)

- Welfare state:

o When the government has organizations or groups that help the society, they are responsible for looking after the society. Ex. our health care system

- Welfare capitalism: o Instead of the government providing health care, it is your employer providing you with

benefits. It protects you from fluctuations of the market economy. - Human rights: - Roosevelt’s New Deal- Mackenzie’s-King (Canada) Keynesian Economics (J.M. Keynes)