Portrait of Bob Hawke
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Bob Hawke

Prime Minister of Australia, 1983 to 1991

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A former union leader who governed by consensus, floating the Australian dollar and opening the economy while creating Medicare and protecting Tasmania’s wild rivers.

Bob Hawke sits in the near the center 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 tech-optimist on technology and leaning progressive on culture. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority.

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Where Bob Hawke 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
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Bob Hawke

Larry Summers American economist and former US Treasury Secretary99%Felipe González Prime Minister of Spain, 1982 to 199699%Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany, 2021 to 202599%Fernando Henrique Cardoso President of Brazil, 1995 to 200399%Gerhard Schröder Chancellor of Germany, 1998 to 200599%Fareed Zakaria Indian-American journalist99%Maia Sandu President of Moldova, 2020 to present99%Janet Yellen American economist and former US Treasury Secretary99%

People furthest from Bob Hawke

Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202216%Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191018%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present19%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 198019%

Political views closest to Bob Hawke

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.99%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…98%Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…98%European federalismWants Europe's states to pool sovereignty into a shared democratic federation.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: © Commonwealth of Australia 2011, CC BY-SA 3.0 au, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.