Nova sloboda: Poziv na oslobođenje plemenitih narodnih snaga

The book represents Woodrow Wilson's political and economic program during his presidential campaign in 1912 and the foundation of his first administration. In it, Wilson sharply criticizes the dominance of large corporations, trusts, and monopolies, which, in his opinion, stifled the true economic freedom of the small entrepreneur, farmer, and ordinary citizen. He opposes the then prevailing belief that large monopolies are an inevitable product of a modern economy, arguing that they actually destroy competition, democracy, and individual initiative.

The main ideas of the book include:

• liberation of the economy from monopoly power
• reform of the banking system
• strengthening of antitrust laws
• democratization of politics and reduction of the influence of big capital on the state
• return of freedom to the "little man" and release of his creative energies

Wilson's style is eloquent, idealistic, and moralistic - the book is not a dry economic treatise, but an inspiring call for the restoration of American democracy. In the Croatian context of 1920, immediately after World War I and the creation of the Kingdom of SHS, the translation had a special weight. Wilson was then extremely popular among the Croats and other South Slavic peoples because of his support for the principle of self-determination of peoples and his role in the Versailles Peace Conference.

The work is important because it represents a key document of American progressivism at the beginning of the 20th century and directly influenced Wilson's New Freedom policy, which opposed Theodore Roosevelt and his New Nationalism. Today it is considered a classic text of liberal and progressive thought.