Case studies to use for my position paper

great depression

Due to the stock market crash from black thursday in 1929 a great deal of wealth was lost triggering the great depression

During this time widespread unempyloment and poverty was experinced where US GDp declined by 65% and industrialization dropped by 47 between 1929 and 1930.

As an atttempt to recover Rossevlt, the president of th Us created the “New Deal” a plan of Relif, reocvering and Reform, implementing progarms like social securty and WPA to help the econmic crisis.

The trnafromation of the the great depresion led to the falrure of lassiz-faire captalism and the rise to modern day liberalism, wher goverment intervention was needed for the welfare of the people. Fail of classic, rise to modern liberalism.

on-to otwwa trek was used to protest theb gov for better woking condtion from unmpeyled men

Indrestial revoulatry

In the late 1700s Britain had a major shift from hand made goods to machin produced including the manfuactaure and producing of goods from inventions like the staem engine.

food production an dunbranzation led to the massive expasnsion of the puplation of bratin increaing 6 million to 12 million peopled up to the mid 1800s, though dieas outbraks happened from poor sanation.

Many youg wokre as young a 5 wokring 12-16 hours a daywere foreced into labour with usfae working condtions poor, with no labour rights.

This craetion lead to formation of trade uniouns and the factory act of 1833 allowing people to have the rights they dersrve and modern liberalism was put in place.

canada vs us

Over 70% of health spending in Canada is public, compared to just about 49% in the U.S., highlighting Canada’s embrace of modern liberalism and the U.S.'s more classical liberal capitalist model.

70% of public health sepnding where only 49 of us public spending

Poverty Rate: As of 2022, the poverty rate in the U.S. was 11.5%, while Canada’s was 7.4%, partly due to stronger social safety nets like child benefits and universal healthcare.

proverty rate in 2020 of us 11.5% while canada is 7.4% from socil sfatey nets