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French cognac merchant, never elected, who led France’s postwar modernization plan (1946), drafted the Schuman Declaration (1950) and presided over the ECSC High Authority (1952–1955). A founding father of Europe.
Political axes
Jean Monnet leans further toward globalism than 82% of the 749 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade is where Jean Monnet stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, Jean Monnet sits practically at the catalog median.
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Current that seeks to overcome underdevelopment through accelerated industrialization, state planning, public infrastructure, protection of infant industry and a partnership between the state, national capital and foreign capital, as in Kubitschek's Targets Plan.
Current inspired by John Maynard Keynes that accepts markets and liberal democracy but gives the state the task of managing demand, with countercyclical public spending, full employment as a goal and a mixed economy.
Defense of monarchy as a symbol of unity and continuity, with the king subject to the constitution and parliament, uniting tradition and institutional stability with representative democracy and the rule of law.
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FeudalismFar-Right35%
A Serbian-American inventor, pioneer of alternating current and induction motors, he rivaled Edison in the "war of currents." A visionary obsessed with wireless energy, he saw universal electrification as human liberation and preached world peace through technology.
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With Fernando Henrique Cardoso at the Finance Ministry and then in the Presidency, Brazil stabilized its currency with the Plano Real, privatized state firms and adopted a Fiscal Responsibility Law, in a democracy that approved presidential re-election.
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