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Ben Bernanke

American economist and former Federal Reserve chairman

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Led the US Federal Reserve through the 2008 financial crisis, using emergency lending and bond purchases to keep the financial system from collapsing.

Ben Bernanke sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning globalist on nation and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority, war and peace and religion.

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Where Ben Bernanke sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Ben Bernanke

Fernando Henrique Cardoso President of Brazil, 1995 to 200399%Christine Lagarde President of the European Central Bank, 2019 to present99%Janet Yellen American economist and former US Treasury Secretary99%Larry Summers American economist and former US Treasury Secretary99%Valéry Giscard d’Estaing President of France, 1974 to 198199%Gerhard Schröder Chancellor of Germany, 1998 to 200599%Mario Draghi Prime Minister of Italy, 2021 to 202299%Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India, 2004 to 201499%

People furthest from Ben Bernanke

Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194518%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194318%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present18%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202219%

Political views closest to Ben Bernanke

Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…99%Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.98%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…98%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…98%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: United States Federal Reserve, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.