Political view

Austrian school

An economic tradition that stresses individual choice, sound money and skepticism about central planning.

Associated with: Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek.

Austrian school 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 leaning globalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on culture.

Where austrian school sits on eight 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureCentered on culture
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders in office today who fit

Milojko Spajić Prime Minister of Montenegro, 2023 to present62%Nicușor Dan President of Romania, 2025 to present62%Christopher Luxon Prime Minister of New Zealand, 2023 to present58%

Leaders from history who fit

Thomas Jefferson US President, 1801 to 180973%Corazon Aquino President of the Philippines, 1986 to 199262%Václav Havel President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, 1989 to 200359%

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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 eight dimensions.