Progressivism is on the retreat. The last American President who can remotely be said to belong to the tradition was Lyndon Johnson and probably the last flag bearer was Paul Wellstone. In the UK as in the US it reached its zenith around rthe end of the nineteenth century particularly with the London County Council and with Lib-Labbery. The term progressive has often been misused as a cover for something else as with Communist influenced front organisations and incredribly by the pre 1974 Tories in Scotland and the Canadian Tories and more recently by Nick Clegg in describing government economic policies as progressive.
However with the excesses of the banks and the collpase of state dominated economies progressivism offers an alternative a role for the state in regulating business rather than running it as it can't be trusted to regulate what it owns
How can we ensure a rebirth of progressivism?
However with the excesses of the banks and the collpase of state dominated economies progressivism offers an alternative a role for the state in regulating business rather than running it as it can't be trusted to regulate what it owns
How can we ensure a rebirth of progressivism?