"Political Compass" Test

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More test fun. Dani Rodrik pointed to this test (which he found via Greg Mankiw). The test measures your views on the right/left and authoritarian/libertarian axes. The results section plots where you stand and you can see where you stand relative to contemporary and historical figures. The contemporary grid below:

Full disclosure: I’m located pretty close to the Dalai Lama (I wish that were true in a more general sense, rather than in the matter of political views).

Note that Milton Friedman and Ron Paul would go in the lower right quadrant.

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