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The father of the German economic miracle, Erhard implemented the ordoliberal social market economy, uniting regulated free competition, monetary stability, and welfare, later governing as Germany's chancellor.
Political topics
Ludwig Erhard leans further toward free market than 91% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Free market is where Ludwig Erhard stands furthest from the rest.
On Morality, Ludwig Erhard sits practically at the catalog median.
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Synthesis that unites free markets and economic freedoms with the appreciation of tradition, order, and institutions, defending prudent change and social stability within the framework of liberal democracy.
The East Asian Tiger model (Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong): champions free markets, foreign trade and private enterprise as engines of growth, paired with an active technocratic state that plans infrastructure, education and strategic industrialization, stopping short of closed protectionism or hard authoritarian control.
Centrist branch that combines economic moderation and institutional respect with social conservatism, valuing family, religion, order, and gradual change without joining the authoritarian right or populist radicalism.
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Pol Pot SocialismRadical Left34%
A French Enlightenment philosopher, Montesquieu formulated the separation of powers and institutional moderation, defending constitutional monarchy and government limited by laws as a defense against despotism.
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The autonomous community around the Spanish capital, Madrid has been governed by the People's Party since 1995 and, under Isabel Díaz Ayuso, became a showcase of low taxes, economic freedom, school choice and attraction of capital and Latin American immigrants.
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Lutheran German state with pioneering manufacturing and mining, a Catholic dynasty, and parliamentary traditions inside the German Confederation and Empire.
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