Walter Weyl | |
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![]() Walter Weyl, from a 1912 publication | |
Born | |
Died | November 9, 1919 | (aged 46)
Education | Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | economist, journalist |
Years active | 1901–1919 |
Organization | The New Republic |
Notable work | The New Democracy (1912) |
Movement | Progressive movement |
Spouse | Bertha Poole Weyl |
Children | Nathaniel Weyl |
Relatives | Julius Stern |
Walter Edward Weyl (March 11, 1873 – November 9, 1919) was a writer and speaker, an intellectual leader of the Progressive movement in the United States.[1] As a strong nationalist, his goal was to remedy the relatively weak American national institutions with a strong state. Weyl wrote widely on issues of economics, labor, public policy, and international affairs in numerous books, articles, and editorials; he was a coeditor of the highly influential The New Republic magazine, 1914–1916. His most influential book, The New Democracy (1912) was a classic statement of democratic meliorism, revealing his path to a future of progress and modernization based on middle class values, aspirations and brain work. It articulated the general mood:
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