Fair Deal

Just treatment promised

Fair Deal refers to the domestic program of President Harry Truman (1945–1953), extending New Deal liberalism with proposals for national health insurance, civil rights legislation, and expanded Social Security.

Many initiatives were blocked by Congress, but the term entered political vocabulary as shorthand for progressive economic policy.

Lowercase, a fair deal simply means equitable treatment: All I'm asking for is a fair deal.

offerProposal to provide
Truman DoctrinePolicy opposing communist expansion
Taft-HartleyFederal labor management statute
labor rightsEmployees' legal workplace entitlements
working classManual laborers collectively

Harry Truman · Cold War · balance · public housing · health care reform · equality · collective bargaining · full employment · fairness · economic justice · living wage · Marshall Plan · desegregation · minimum wage · bread and butter · social safety net · justice · level playing field

Opposites

honesty and equity in transactions

Fair Dealswindle

Deception for financial gain

raw deal · ripoff · scam · rip-off · con

U.S. political programs

Fair DealReaganomics

Supply-side fiscal philosophy

trickle-down economics · laissez-faire · supply-side economics · New Deal · Great Society

Family

fair, deal

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Mostly American · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Rated G