The Forgotten Man
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The Forgotten Man is an influential 19th-century political and sociological essay by William Graham Sumner that critiques government intervention and highlights the overlooked burdens placed on ordinary taxpayers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Forgotten Man canonical | 1 |
| The Forgotten Man and Other Essays | 1 |
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Target entity: The Forgotten Man Context triple: [William Graham Sumner, notableWork, The Forgotten Man]
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Target entity: The Forgotten Man Target entity description: The Forgotten Man is an influential 19th-century political and sociological essay by William Graham Sumner that critiques government intervention and highlights the overlooked burdens placed on ordinary taxpayers.
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A.
One-Third of a Nation
One-Third of a Nation is a 1938 Living Newspaper stage production that dramatized the urgent issues of urban housing and poverty in the United States during the Great Depression.
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B.
Six Crises
Six Crises is a political memoir by Richard Nixon in which he recounts and analyzes six major challenges from his early political career.
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C.
A Fair Country
A Fair Country is a non-fiction book by Canadian philosopher and writer John Ralston Saul that argues Canada’s identity and political culture are fundamentally shaped by Indigenous, rather than European, traditions.
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D.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
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E.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days was the brief 1815 period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile and his final defeat at Waterloo, marking the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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political essay ⓘ sociological essay ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yale University ⓘ |
| author | William Graham Sumner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
government intervention in the economy
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redistributive policies ⓘ state-led social reform ⓘ |
| discipline |
economics
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political science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
burdens of taxation
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ordinary taxpayer ⓘ unintended consequences of reform ⓘ |
| genre |
political philosophy
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social theory ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
American political discourse
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conservative thought in the United States ⓘ libertarian thought in the United States ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
economic freedom
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role of the state in charity ⓘ taxpayers in welfare policies ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Gilded Age United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical economics
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Social Darwinism ⓘ
surface form:
social Darwinism
|
| intendedAudience | educated American public ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
costs of social legislation
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individual responsibility ⓘ limited government ⓘ the "forgotten man" as the unnoticed taxpayer ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
classical liberalism
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government intervention ⓘ individual liberty ⓘ laissez-faire ⓘ public policy ⓘ social reform ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| notableQuote | "The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D." ⓘ |
| partOf | American political thought ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
classical liberalism
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libertarianism ⓘ |
| portrays | the taxpayer as "C" in reform schemes ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationForm | essay ⓘ |
| workOf | William Graham Sumner ⓘ |
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