What it means to be MLPG
MLPG stands for Market, Liberty, Progressive, Global. You lean towards private enterprise, low taxes and few rules. You also back personal freedom in how people live, think and speak.
You tend to see the world as one big marketplace of goods and ideas. You likely think trade and migration make people richer and more tolerant. Choice, for you, is the base of a good society.
Views you probably hold
- Free trade and competition raise living standards for everyone.
- The state should be small and its powers limited by law.
- Adults should be free to make their own choices about their lives.
- Open borders for goods, people and ideas bring growth.
- Individual rights come before group or national claims.
What admirers see
- Admirers say it protects freedom in both the economy and private life.
- It has a strong record of creating wealth and new ideas.
- It gives people fair rules and room to build their own lives.
What critics say
- Critics say free markets can leave the poor and the unlucky behind.
- Opponents argue that weak state powers cannot handle climate or monopoly power.
- Critics say open trade can hurt local workers and industries.
In history
This shape includes classical liberalism, cosmopolitanism, federalism, abolitionism and Georgism. Agorism, a market-based anarchist idea, lands here too. The abolitionist movement and the free-trade campaigns of the 1800s joined economic liberty with moral reform. Enlightenment thinkers set the base for much of the tradition.