# The New Freedom — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The New Freedom by Woodrow Wilson.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to all individuals who are inspired to pursue unselfish public service, no matter how small the impulse.
- [The New Freedom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/the-new-freedom.md): A call for the emancipation of the generous energies of a people, advocating for a return to individual liberty and the dismantling of monopoly and special interests.
- [I: The Old Order Changeth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/i-the-old-order-changeth.md): Wilson describes a fundamental transformation in American society, where economic conditions have shifted from individual enterprise to domination by large corporations. He argues that old political formulas are obsolete
- [What Is Progress?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/ii-what-is-progress.md): Wilson argues that progress is necessary because laws and institutions have failed to keep pace with changing economic and political conditions. He uses the Red Queen's race from Alice in Wonderland as a parable, asserti
- [III: Freemen Need No Guardians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/iii-freemen-need-no-guardians.md): Wilson contrasts two theories of government: the Hamiltonian view that only the wealthy and well-connected should govern, and the democratic view that the people are capable of self-rule. He argues that the U.S. governme

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- [Life Comes from the Soil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/iv-life-comes-from-the-soil.md)
- [V: The Parliament of the People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/v-the-parliament-of-the-people.md)
- [VI: Let There Be Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/vi-let-there-be-light.md)
- [VII: The Tariff—'Protection,' or Special Privilege?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/vii-the-tariff-protection-or-special-privilege.md)
- [VIII: Monopoly, or Opportunity?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/viii-monopoly-or-opportunity.md)
- [IX: Benevolence, or Justice?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/ix-benevolence-or-justice.md)
- [X: The Way to Resume Is to Resume](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/x-the-way-to-resume-is-to-resume.md)
- [XI: The Emancipation of Business](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/xi-the-emancipation-of-business.md)
- [XII: The Liberation of a People’s Vital Energies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_freedom_se/chapters/xii-the-liberation-of-a-people-s-vital-energies.md)

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