Ideologies / Progressive / Upton Sinclair
§ The minds · 1878–1968 · United States · Writer & reformer
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Muckraking into reform.
Economic−58
SocialistMarket
Governance−44
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+58
TraditionalProgressive
The muckraking novelist whose 'The Jungle' forced through food-safety law, and whose EPIC campaign nearly won him California's governorship on a poverty-ending platform.
social
Progressive crusader against exploitation.
economic
Strong public regulation and cooperative production.
governance
Democratic reform through exposure and the ballot (EPIC campaign).
Notable for
- 'The Jungle'
- Pure Food and Drug Act impact
- EPIC ('End Poverty in California')
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