Walter Weyl | |
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 Walter Weyl, from a 1912 publication | |
| Born | March 11, 1873 |
| Died | November 9, 1919 (aged 46) |
| Education | Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation(s) | economist, journalist |
| Years active | 1901–1919 |
| Organization | The New Republic |
| Notable work | The New Democracy (1912) |
| Movement | Progressive movement |
| Spouse | Bertha Poole Weyl |
| Children | Nathaniel Weyl |
| Relatives | Julius Stern |
Walter Edward Weyl (March 11, 1873 – November 9, 1919) was a writer and speaker, an intellectual leader of the Progressive movement in the United States.[1] As a strong nationalist, his goal was to remedy the relatively weak American national institutions with a strong state. Weyl wrote widely on issues of economics, labor, public policy, and international affairs in numerous books, articles, and editorials; he was a coeditor of the highly influential The New Republic magazine, 1914–1916. His most influential book, The New Democracy (1912) was a classic statement of democratic meliorism, revealing his path to a future of progress and modernization based on middle class values, aspirations and brain work. It articulated the general mood:
- "America to-day is in a somber, soul-questioning mood. We are in a period of clamor, of bewilderment, of an almost tremulous unrest. We are hastily revising all our social conceptions.... We are profoundly disenchanted with the fruits of a century of independence."[2][3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Merrill D. Peterson (1960). The Jefferson Image in the American Mind. University of Virginia Press. pp. 330–31. ISBN 9780813918518.