Political view · Center

Social market economy

Keeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership between employers and unions.

Associated with: Ludwig Erhard, Konrad Adenauer, Angela Merkel.

Social market economy sits in the near the center part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning globalist on nation and leaning nature-first on environment. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

Where social market economy 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.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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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.