Thinkers and political figures
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Country
- United States
- Era
- b. 1989
- Tradition
- Democratic socialism
Congresswoman who brought the Green New Deal into mainstream American politics and became the most prominent elected democratic socialist in the country.
01
Documented positions
Documented positions come from the sources listed. Similarity is this project’s inference from those positions, and is a much weaker claim.
- Introduced the Green New Deal resolution, tying decarbonisation to a federal jobs guarantee and public investment
- Supports single-payer health insurance through Medicare for All
- Advocates marginal income tax rates of up to seventy per cent on very high incomes
- Supports tuition-free public college and cancellation of existing student debt
- Advocates abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement in its current form
- Supports a federal minimum wage of fifteen dollars an hour and sectoral bargaining rights
02
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
10
RedistributionMarket outcomes
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
16
Active stateLimited state
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
72
Collective orderIndividual freedom
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
94
ContinuityReform
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
22
InternationalistNationalist
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
80
Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism
Evidence: Documented
Environment and growth
92
Production firstProtection first
Evidence: Well documented
Crime and punishment
84
PunishmentRehabilitation
Evidence: Well documented
Dimensions left unscored, for want of evidence: Religion and the state
Sources
- United States House of Representatives, H.Res.109 — Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal · 2019
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Her Politics and Priorities · The New Yorker · 2019
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