Ideologies / Conservative Capitalist / Mahathir Mohamad
§ The minds · b. 1925 · Malaysia · Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad
Asian-values capitalism
State-guided growth, illiberal order.
Economic+90
SocialistMarket
Governance+34
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−50
TraditionalProgressive
Malaysia's long-ruling premier, who fused aggressive state-guided capitalism with a dominant-party state and an explicit doctrine of conservative 'Asian values.'
social
Conservative 'Asian values' against Western liberalism.
economic
Drove rapid, state-guided industrial capitalism and megaprojects.
governance
Dominant-party rule with curbed civil liberties.
Notable for
- Rapid Malaysian industrialisation
- 'Asian values' doctrine
- Two decades in power
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