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Bill McKibben

American environmentalist and author

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Wrote the first popular book on global warming, The End of Nature, and co-founded 350.org, which organizes campaigns against fossil fuels.

Bill McKibben sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, leaning state-led on economy and leaning globalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on technology.

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Where Bill McKibben 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.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Bill McKibben

Wangari Maathai Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate, 1940 to 201198%Kate Raworth British economist98%James Hansen American climate scientist98%Henry George American economist and reformer, 1839 to 189798%Bruce Springsteen American singer-songwriter97%Elizabeth Warren US Senator from Massachusetts, 2013 to present96%Elinor Ostrom American political economist, 1933 to 201296%Bernardo Arévalo President of Guatemala, 2024 to present96%

People furthest from Bill McKibben

Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 19539%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 19459%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19439%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present10%

Political views closest to Bill McKibben

Deep ecologyGives nature value in itself and calls for a radical reduction of human impact.98%Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…97%Green politicsPuts ecological limits, sustainability and grassroots democracy at the center of policy.96%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.96%

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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: Claire Fridkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.