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Janet Yellen

American economist and former US Treasury Secretary

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The first woman to chair the Federal Reserve and later Treasury Secretary under Joe Biden, she steered policy toward full employment and steady growth.

Janet Yellen sits in the near the center part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning progressive on culture and leaning globalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority, war and peace and religion.

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Where Janet Yellen 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 state-led
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 peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Janet Yellen

Ben Bernanke American economist and former Federal Reserve chairman99%Michelle Obama Former First Lady of the United States99%Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany, 2021 to 202599%Fernando Henrique Cardoso President of Brazil, 1995 to 200399%Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia, 1983 to 199199%Christine Lagarde President of the European Central Bank, 2019 to present99%Jean Chrétien Prime Minister of Canada, 1993 to 200399%Gordon Brown Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2007 to 201099%

People furthest from Janet Yellen

Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202214%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present15%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194317%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194517%

Political views closest to Janet Yellen

Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…99%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…99%Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.98%FabianismPursues socialism gradually through research, education and reform rather than revolution.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: US Department of the Treasury, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.