Portrait of Ibn Khaldun
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Ibn Khaldun

North African historian and sociologist, 1332 to 1406

In the Muqaddimah he described how dynasties rise on group solidarity and decline as luxury and taxes grow, an early theory of the cycles of states.

Ibn Khaldun sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, leaning religious on religion and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on technology.

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Where Ibn Khaldun 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Ibn Khaldun

One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…99%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.98%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.98%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…98%

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