New Freedom? Or Old Slavery?
Back in 1913 during his first year in office as president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson published a book, The New Freedom . Concerned about the growing power of corporations and trusts and the abuses of human rights that accompanied it, Wilson contended that the power of the giant organizations must be reined in. After all, he needed something to convince the electorate that they hadn’t made too big of a mistake in electing him instead of Theodore Roosevelt. . . .