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A jurist of the Generation of '37, Alberdi wrote the Bases (1852), the blueprint of Argentina's 1853 Constitution, advocating federalism with a strong executive, free trade, foreign capital and European immigration under the motto "to govern is to populate".
Political axes
Juan Bautista Alberdi leans further toward free market than 94% of the 525 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where Juan Bautista Alberdi stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, Juan Bautista Alberdi sits practically at the catalog median.
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Kant's political philosophy, grounding the state's legitimacy in the autonomy of reason and the rule of law, defending a moderate representative republicanism and a federation of free states as the path to perpetual peace.
Dynastic microstate model that trades political sovereignty for prosperity: a hereditary prince with real power, minimal taxation, secrecy and financial services as the revenue base, openness to foreign capital and residents, and no standing army.
Liberalism before mass democracy: it guarantees civil liberty, property, a free press and a lean state, but restricts the vote to educated property owners, fearing that unlimited popular sovereignty would destroy the very liberties it protects.
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A French economist, Bastiat defended free trade and limited government with clarity and irony, denouncing protectionism and what is not seen in economic policies, becoming a classic of liberal thought.
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The only long-lasting empire in the Americas, imperial Brazil was a parliamentary monarchy under Pedro I and Pedro II, marked by political stability, a slave-based agrarian economy, and strong state centralization.
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