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A French economist, Bastiat defended free trade and limited government with clarity and irony, denouncing protectionism and what is not seen in economic policies, becoming a classic of liberal thought.
Political axes
Frédéric Bastiat leans further toward free market than 96% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where Frédéric Bastiat stands furthest from the rest.
On Religion, Frédéric Bastiat sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
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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.
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.
Branch that unites anti-politics, radical free markets, and direct popular communication, attacking bureaucracies, taxes, and party elites in the name of individual freedom, entrepreneurship, and the sovereignty of the ordinary citizen.
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Clerical FascismThird Position25%
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