Political view · Center-left

Labourism

Draws on trade unions and working-class communities to win better wages, rights and public services through parliamentary politics.

Associated with: Clement Attlee, Aneurin Bevan, Harold Wilson.

Labourism sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy and leaning institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on culture and nation.

Where labourism sits on ten dimensions

This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureCentered on culture
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People active today who fit

Ha-Joon Chang South Korean economist99%Bernardo Arévalo President of Guatemala, 2024 to present99%Francisco Carvalho Prime Minister of Cabo Verde, 2026 to present98%Cyril Ramaphosa President of South Africa, 2018 to present98%

People from history who fit

Dilma Rousseff President of Brazil, 2011 to 201699%Clement Attlee UK Prime Minister, 1945 to 195199%John Kenneth Galbraith Canadian-American economist, 1908 to 200698%Harold Wilson Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 197698%

Similar political views

Modern monetary theoryArgues that governments issuing their own currency can spend to reach full employment,…99%Non-alignmentKeeps countries out of great-power blocs and military alliances.98%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…98%Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…98%

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Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.