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§ The minds · b. 1946 · United States · President

Bill Clinton

The era of big government is over

Third-way market centrism.

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Governance−4
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Social+20
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The president who moved the Democratic Party toward markets, free trade and fiscal discipline, embodying the centre-left's accommodation with neoliberalism.

social

Socially moderate-to-progressive on most cultural questions.

economic

Balanced budgets, free trade (NAFTA) and welfare reform.

governance

Centrist triangulation within democratic norms.

Notable for
  • NAFTA and welfare reform
  • Balanced federal budgets
  • 'Third Way' politics
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