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Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987, appointed by Carter and kept by Reagan. He pushed interest rates near 20% to break inflation, causing a deep recession. He later proposed the Volcker Rule, which limits bank speculation.
Political axes
Paul Volcker leans further toward free market than 72% of the 749 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where Paul Volcker stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, Paul Volcker sits practically at the catalog median.
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Pro-market centrist branch that combines fiscal responsibility, liberal democracy, moderate international openness, and institutional reform, rejecting both broad statism and libertarian radicalism as a political program.
Liberalism that defends democracy, individual rights and a market economy, but tests each policy against evidence: it accepts regulation, a safety net and targeted intervention when they fix market failures, as in Clinton's Third Way.
Political position that seeks balance between left and right, valuing moderation, pragmatism, and consensus, and combining elements of different currents to avoid extremes and favor gradual reforms.
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Juche SocialismRadical Left36%
British Conservative, prime minister from 2010 to 2016. Led a coalition, legalised same-sex marriage, imposed austerity, called the Brexit referendum, lost it and resigned. Served as Foreign Secretary in 2023–24.
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A former Serbian province, Kosovo declared independence in 2008, recognized by about half of the UN but not by Serbia, Russia and China. An Albanian-majority secular parliamentary republic with a Serb minority, NATO troops and a remittance economy.
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With Fernando Henrique Cardoso at the Finance Ministry and then in the Presidency, Brazil stabilized its currency with the Plano Real, privatized state firms and adopted a Fiscal Responsibility Law, in a democracy that approved presidential re-election.
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