Thinkers and political figures
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Barack Obama
- Country
- United States
- Era
- b. 1961
- Tradition
- Social liberalism
President who extended health insurance to millions through a regulated private market, tightened financial regulation, and pursued multilateral agreements on climate and nuclear proliferation.
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.
- The Affordable Care Act (2010): subsidised private insurance with a ban on pre-existing-condition exclusions
- Dodd-Frank financial regulation following the 2008 crisis
- Joined the Paris Agreement on climate change and negotiated the Iran nuclear deal
- Supported same-sex marriage from 2012
- Continued and expanded targeted drone strikes and large-scale surveillance programmes
02
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
40
RedistributionMarket outcomes
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
46
Active stateLimited state
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
62
Collective orderIndividual freedom
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
76
ContinuityReform
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
32
InternationalistNationalist
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
35
Secular stateReligion in public life
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
78
Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism
Evidence: Well documented
Environment and growth
68
Production firstProtection first
Evidence: Well documented
Crime and punishment
62
PunishmentRehabilitation
Evidence: Documented
Sources
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act · United States Congress · 2010
- Paris Agreement, United States accession · UNFCCC · 2016
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