Elementary Engines of Progress in the USA
April 25, 2021 1 Comment
This following made America a great country and created progress. A history of measures.
- Outlaw slavery
- End child labor
- Limit the workday
- Keep drugs safe
- Protect collective bargaining
- Create public schools
- Battle the Great Depression
- Electrify rural America
- Construct roads connecting the country
- Great Society reduce poverty
- Extend political and civil rights to women and African Americans, other minorities
- Give health, security and dignity in old age
Source: Winners Take All, Anand Giridharadas, 2018
Thanks, Steve. Very meaningful to think about on this Sunday.