Europe and Western Civilization in the Modern Age

The Social Problem and the Crisis of Liberalism (1x21)

Air date: Mar 22, 1998

By the 1890s, universal male suffrage had ushered in a new political era, and socialism's mounting challenge was pressing liberals and conservatives alike. Capitalism had generated unheard-of wealth, but inequities in its distribution remained acute. How did liberals come to grips with "the social problem" in ways that remain influential today?