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Barack Obama — ink portrait
§ The minds · b. 1961 · United States · President

Barack Obama

The audacity of hope

Pragmatic progressive liberalism.

Reformist Liberal →
Economic−24
SocialistMarket
Governance+2
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+55
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The president whose pragmatic, market-friendly progressivism — healthcare reform, financial regulation, social inclusion — typified modern American liberalism.

social

Progressive on healthcare, equality and marriage.

economic

Market-based reform — the Affordable Care Act, stimulus, regulation.

governance

Institutionalist working through coalition and compromise.

Notable for
  • Affordable Care Act
  • First Black US president
  • 2009 financial-crisis response
healthcare-reformpragmatismprogressive
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