1. Considering that literacy rates have skyrocketed since the last 2 centuries...
2. We haven't directly.
3. We've got outreach programs that provide food and shelter.
4. That's a tough question.
5. Libertarian Liberals pretty much invented free trade.
6. Liberalism ended slavery, segregation and Jim Crow laws.
7. Freedom of speech and Religion.
8. Fair, That's not possible. but Social Security keeps the elderly from starving.