Ownfacet / Politype / Ideologies / Liberalism
Broad political tradition emphasizing liberty, individual rights, toleration, the rule of law, and justification of political authority. Classical, social, and other liberal traditions differ on property, redistribution, and the role of government.
EDITORIAL SUMMARY
I want a tolerant society founded on individual rights, with government limited by the rule of law and a free market economy.
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Liberalism is a diverse tradition organized around liberty and justification of political authority.
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This position is 40.9 points from the median of the 257 ideology profiles in this collection.
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This position is 2.5 points from this collection’s median.
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An American economist, Romer is a reference of endogenous growth theory, showing how ideas, innovation, and knowledge drive development, and proposed charter cities as an institutional reform.
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Contested term for intellectual traditions and policy programs emphasizing private enterprise, competition, and market exchange. It often supports privatization and deregulation while retaining a state role in establishing market rules and providing some public goods.
Original branch of liberalism that defends natural rights, property, free markets, and a minimal state, seeing individual freedom and the strict limitation of power as the foundations of a just society.
Current that unites individual freedom, markets, and democracy with the ecological agenda, defending sustainability, rights, and innovation to reconcile economic prosperity with effective environmental protection.
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Clerical FascismThird position40.7 / 100
