Neoliberalism
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
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In one sentence
I want a free, deregulated market, with a lean state, privatizations and fiscal discipline as engines of prosperity and competition.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Leaning · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Strong · Private
Economy
- Strong · Free market
Control
- Strong · Globalism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Control
Leans further toward free market than 91% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 64This ideology 14
Of all the axes, Control is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Intervention
On Intervention, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 53This ideology 54
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Milton Friedman
An American economist, Friedman led neoliberalism and monetarism, defending free markets, monetary stability, and a smaller state as essential conditions of freedom and prosperity.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyNathaniel BrandenObjectivist psychologist97%
SociallyLudwig von MisesEconomist98%
EconomicallyRomeu ZemaGovernor and businessman100%
Other compatible profiles
EconomicsPaulo GuedesEconomist97%
PhilosophyBaruch SpinozaPhilosopher96%
EconomicsPaul RomerEconomist96%
Intellectual lifeRay KurzweilInventor and futurist96%
BusinessVitalik ButerinProgrammer95%
Intellectual lifeHal FinneyCryptographer95%
PoliticsEduardo LeiteGovernor95%
EconomicsFrédéric BastiatEconomist94%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
New York (United States)
Financial-cosmopolitan regionThe financial and cultural center of the United States, New York combines liberal, progressive politics, enormous immigrant diversity, a globalized service-based economy, and strong symbolic weight in the world.
Other close countries
São Paulo (Brazil)
Industrial-financial regionBrazil's most populous and wealthiest state, São Paulo is the country's industrial and financial engine, marked by strong economic liberalism, a cosmopolitan culture, and decisive weight in national politics.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyNew Hampshire (United States)Libertarian-fiscal region94%
SociallyLuxembourgFinancial-integrated monarchy93%
EconomicallyMadrid (Spain)Liberal-conservative region99%
The most distant
Dutch Republic (United Provinces)
1581–1795A pioneering modern merchant republic, the United Provinces were a confederation governed by a commercial oligarchy, marked by religious tolerance, free trade, and immense naval and financial power at their height.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyMedieval Iceland (Commonwealth)c. 930–126272%
SociallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192170%
EconomicallyPinochet's Chile1973–199097%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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- Right
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- Right
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Financial Monarchism
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Closest in other spectrums
- Center
Liberalism
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
- Libertarian
Classical Liberalism
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.
- Libertarian
Minarchism
Libertarian branch that defends a minimal state limited to police, courts, and defense, leaving everything else to the market and private initiative, to protect individual rights without oppressing freedom.
The most distant ideology
Clerical FascismThird Position21%