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Article: New Freedom
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NEW FREEDOM
NEW FREEDOM.
The reform philosophy of Woodrow Wilson, enunciated during the 1912 presidential race and embodied in the legislation of his first term. During the campaign, Wilson contrasted the New Freedom to Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism. Whereas Roosevelt argued that industrial concentration was inevitable and that government should regulate business for the common good, Wilson countered that economic concentration in any form threatened individualism and personal liberties. Wilson and his political adviser Louis Brandeis, chief architect of the New Freedom, believed government's responsibility lay in preserving competition by preventing the establishment of trusts. ...