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A 1998 economics Nobel laureate, Sen formulated the capability approach, which measures development by people's real freedom, defends public investment in health and education, democracy as a safeguard against famine and criticizes Hindu nationalism and growth without equity.
Political axes
Amartya Sen leans further toward progressive than 89% of the 560 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where Amartya Sen stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, Amartya Sen sits practically at the catalog median.
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Current that unites socialist goals of equality and social justice with the defense of individual freedoms and democracy, combining strong social protection with pluralism, civil rights, and a mixed economy.
Political doctrine advocating solidarity and cooperation among nations, overcoming nationalism, and strengthening global institutions for shared peace and development.
Current that unites market capitalism and globalized trade with a robust welfare state, advocating progressive morality, secularism, and democratic institutions, in the Nordic social model.
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FeudalismFar-Right29%
A pamphleteer of the American and French revolutions, Paine defended the rights of man, the republic, and radical social reforms in popular language, spreading democratic ideals among the masses of his time.
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The most populous US state, California is a global hub of technology and culture, with strongly progressive, environmentalist, and technocratic politics and a gigantic, innovative market economy.
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The revolutionary government that held Paris for 72 days in 1871, the Commune established direct democracy with recallable mandates, workers' self-management of workshops, separation of Church and state, and equal pay, becoming a symbol of communal socialism.
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