Thinkers and political figures
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Clement Attlee
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Era
- 1883–1967
- Tradition
- Democratic socialism
Prime Minister from 1945, whose government founded the National Health Service, nationalised the commanding heights of the economy, and began the dismantling of the British Empire.
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.
- Created the National Health Service in 1948, free at the point of use
- Nationalised coal, rail, steel, gas, electricity and the Bank of England
- Built the post-war welfare state on the Beveridge Report
- Granted independence to India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon
- Committed Britain to NATO and to an independent nuclear deterrent
02
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
16
RedistributionMarket outcomes
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
14
Active stateLimited state
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
62
Collective orderIndividual freedom
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
66
ContinuityReform
Evidence: Documented
Nation and the world
40
InternationalistNationalist
Evidence: Well documented
Power and its limits
80
Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism
Evidence: Well documented
Dimensions left unscored, for want of evidence: Environment and growth, Crime and punishment, Religion and the state
Sources
- Let Us Face the Future · The Labour Party · 1945
- National Health Service Act · Parliament of the United Kingdom · 1946
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