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Johan Norberg

Swedish author and historian of ideas

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Defends globalization and free markets in books such as In Defense of Global Capitalism and Progress, arguing that trade and technology have cut poverty.

Johan Norberg sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and strongly globalist on nation.

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Where Johan Norberg 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.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Johan Norberg

Classical liberalismIndividual rights, limited government, free markets and the rule of law.98%Austrian schoolAn economic tradition that stresses individual choice, sound money and skepticism about…94%MinarchismLimits the state to a minimal "night-watchman" role of courts, police and defense.94%CosmopolitanismPuts shared humanity and international institutions above national boundaries.92%

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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: Jesper Sandström from Göteborg, Sweden, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.