Woodrow Wilson was referring to the
liberal idea of the economic market when he said that the free enterprise system
is the most efficient economic system. Maximum freedom means maximum
productiveness; our "openness" is to be the measure of our stability.
Fascination with this ideal has made Americans defy the "Old World" categories
of settled possessiveness versus unsettling deprivation, a "status quo" defended
or attacked. The United States, it was believed, had no status quo ante. Our only "station" was the turning of a stationary wheel, spinning faster and faster. We did not base our system on property but opportunity—which meant we based it not on stability but on mobility. The more things changed, that is, the more rapidly the wheel turned, the steadier we would be. The conventional picture of class politics is composed of the Haves, who want a A. (A) encouraged those who "make the system work" B. (B) perpetuated traditional legends about America C. (C) revealed the prejudices of a man born wealthy D. (D) began a tradition of presidential proclamations on economics 更多"Woodrow Wilson was referring to the"的相关试题:我来回答: 提交
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