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Co-founder of the Fabian Society and the London School of Economics, Webb advocated a gradual parliamentary and administrative transition to socialism, drafted Clause IV of the British Labour Party, and praised Soviet planning in his old age.
Political axes
Sidney Webb leans further toward public than 86% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Economy is where Sidney Webb stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Sidney Webb sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 243 ideologies
Current that mobilizes the people against economic elites, defending redistribution, public control, national sovereignty, plebiscitary democracy, and broad social policy in popular anti-establishment language.
Model that combines socialist planning with scientific management of the economy, entrusting expert committees, rather than elections or party competition, with the rational organization of production and the egalitarian distribution of society's resources.
Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
The most distant ideology
FeudalismFar-Right32%
A Polish economist, Lange championed market socialism, arguing that planning could simulate prices and allocate resources efficiently, in the famous socialist calculation debate.
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A South American presidential federal republic, Argentina swings between Peronism and liberal reforms, with strong unions, public universities and healthcare, a protectionist tradition, farm exports, advanced civil rights and recurring inflation crises.
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Government of the Cardenista peak, marking the institutionalized Mexican Revolution through oil nationalization, ejido land reform, worker-peasant incorporation, popular secularism, and strong presidential leadership.
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