Atlas / Organisations / New Deal Liberalism
New Deal Liberalism
1933–1968 · United States · Social Liberal · Held state power · coding confidence high
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Save capitalism by regulating it: mass employment, social insurance, collective bargaining, and countercyclical spending.
Economic model
Public works, Social Security, banking regulation, farm price supports, protected union rights — with private ownership intact.
Organisation of powers
Constitutional democracy with a much larger executive branch and new independent agencies.
Reading note
Denounced at the time as socialism and as fascism simultaneously. Its coordinates are close to neither.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −02
Coded −2: public works and social insurance with private ownership intact.
- Documented act or statuteSocial Security 1935, the Wagner Act 1935 and Glass-Steagall 1933 were the principal instruments.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored −02
Coded −2: labour rights extended while segregation was preserved in the programmes.
- ScholarshipSouthern agricultural and domestic workers were excluded from Social Security at the insistence of Southern Democrats.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +01
Coded +1: constitutional democracy with a much larger executive and new agencies.
- Documented act or statuteThe 1937 court-packing plan was defeated by Congress and abandoned.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +04
Coded +4: federal authority expanded decisively over the states.
- Documented act or statuteThe Tennessee Valley Authority and the National Labor Relations Board were federal instruments over state economies.
ID · Rule of membership · scored 00
Coded at zero: universalist in rhetoric, segregated in delivery.
- Documented act or statuteFederal housing policy institutionalised redlining through the 1930s and 1940s.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −06
Coded −6: legislation and litigation, denounced at the time as both socialism and fascism.
- Documented act or statuteEvery major programme was enacted by Congress and tested in the courts.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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- PDI-P4.8
- Indian National Congress5.7
- Japanese Liberal Opposition5.7
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