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Hungarian economic historian, Polanyi argued in The Great Transformation that land, labour and money are fictitious commodities, and that the self-regulating market generates a protective social countermovement.
Political axes
Karl Polanyi leans further toward progressive than 89% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where Karl Polanyi stands furthest from the rest.
On Religion, Karl Polanyi sits close to the catalog median.
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Movement dedicated to protecting the environment and the sustainable use of resources, advocating policies against pollution and climate change and harmony between human development and ecological balance.
Current that unites Christian faith with the defense of social justice, rights, and reforms, seeing in the Gospel a call to solidarity, equality, and care for the poor and marginalized of society and the world.
A current that grounds socialism in Buddhist ethics, seeing compassion and the end of attachment as the basis of equality, common property and the rejection of caste, from Ambedkar and the Dalai Lama to Ne Win's Burmese socialism.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismRight26%
An American politician, Bernie Sanders is the leading voice of democratic socialism in the United States, defending universal public healthcare, labor rights, and the fight against inequality and the power of large corporations.
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An autonomous region in northern Syria, Rojava organizes itself through democratic confederalism, with local self-management, gender equality, ethnic pluralism, and ecology, inspired by the libertarian ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.
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Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
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