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Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate

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Shot by the Taliban at 15 for campaigning for girls’ schooling, she recovered, became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2014 and leads a foundation for girls’ education.

Malala Yousafzai sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly libertarian on liberty and authority, strongly peace-first on war and peace and leaning progressive on culture. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Malala Yousafzai 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 authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Malala Yousafzai

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Political views closest to Malala Yousafzai

GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…97%Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…96%Basic income movementArgues that every citizen should receive a regular, unconditional payment to end poverty…96%Liberal feminismPursues gender equality through law, education and equal access to jobs and politics…96%

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