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June 7, 1919
Magazine
Walter E. Weyl
Woodrow Wilson, Prophet and Politician
When President Wilson surrendered the role of prophet and accepted the lesser role of opportunist politician—he became as one of the others, a little less than the others.
December 7, 1918
Magazine
Walter E. Weyl
Buffer Employment
The greater the impending unemployment the greater the necessity for a well planned system of buffer jobs.
September 11, 1915
Magazine
Walter E. Weyl
Illusory Wealth
Much of the new wealth which we believe has come to us is quite illusory.
January 23, 1915
Magazine
Walter E. Weyl
Equality
Political equality is a farce and a peril unless there is at least some measure of economic equality.
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