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Stephen Harper

Prime Minister of Canada, 2006 to 2015

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Led Canada's Conservatives through the financial crisis with tax cuts and a tougher stance on crime.

Stephen Harper sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, leaning strength-first on war and peace and leaning traditional on culture.

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Where Stephen Harper 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Stephen Harper

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People furthest from Stephen Harper

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19404%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20065%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19806%Petra Kelly German Green co-founder, 1947 to 19926%

Political views closest to Stephen Harper

NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…98%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…98%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.97%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…96%

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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: World Economic Forum / Remy Steinegger, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.