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Figure · 1899–1992
Friedrich von Hayek
Economist
Austrian economist, 1974 Nobel laureate, critic of central planning.
«No planner has the dispersed knowledge that the market coordinates.»
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In short
On the traditional scale, Friedrich von Hayek sits in the center-right camp. The clearest positions are on economy: strongly towards “market”; method: strongly towards “reform”; devolution: strongly towards “federalism”; sovereignty: fairly towards “integration”. On religion, foreign policy and justice it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is classical liberalism (96%).
Position on the 13 axes
Friedrich von HayekYou
EconomyEqualityMarket
StateLibertyAuthority
SocietyProgressTradition
SovereigntyIntegrationSovereignty
ReligionSecularismReligion
EnvironmentEcologyGrowth
TechnologyCautionAcceleration
Foreign policyPacifismInterventionism
JusticeRehabilitationTough on crime
DemocracyDirect democracyTechnocracy
MethodReformRupture
DevolutionCentralismFederalism
ImmigrationOpennessControl
Closest ideologies
Classical liberalismThe Rule Keeper96%NeoliberalismThe Globalizer94%MinarchismThe Night Watchman94%Closest parties in Europe
Freie Demokratische ParteiGermany89%
Iniciativa LiberalPortugal87%
KokoomusFinland85%
Liberal AllianceDenmark85%Similar figures
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