Liberty and Economy

ROOSEVELT HOOVER ON LIBERTY

Franklin D .Roosevelt 's and Herbert Hoover 's Views on Liberty

The times of Great Depression were grim in the U .S . and the whole world : the banking system has collapsed , the unemployment peaked and business was globally unreliable

The two articles (Roosevelt , 1934 and Hoover , 1936 ) both issue the problems of government measures to end the crisis . Roosevelt concentrates on real economic performance of his New Deal politics . This is understandable , as in 1934 the country was still on the verge of falling back into crisis

, and people were to be presented with realistical scenarios of the future : that through hardships and determination the nation together will come back to prosperity and greater liberty . Hoover , in his drive for power , presented more emotional views on New Dealers , expressing fears that government protection ' means in fact restriction

The question of liberty was addressed in both articles . Roosevelt viewed liberty as peoples ' rights , supported by government-induced stability while Hoover maintained the classical view on liberty as individual enterprise rights wich must not be limited by government in any way History had shown the right answer , but not conclusively , as it seems

We cannot say that Hoover 's views prevailed with time : while the New Deal politics provided people with stable and protected living conditions , and these are still in effect , the economical progress opened a number of new possibilities which were approached from rather Hoover 's position , i .e . unrestricted liberty of opportunity Unfortunately , these liberties were...