Dirigisme
Capitalism, with the state at the wheel.
Dirigistes keep private companies and markets, but want the government steering: setting long-term plans, backing national champions and pouring money into strategic industries. Post-war France got its nuclear fleet and its TGV trains this way, and Japan and South Korea ran their own versions.
What they'd say
The market won't build a high-speed rail network by itself.
Every serious country has an industrial policy.
Think in decades, not quarters.
Its 12-axis profile
Where it gets messy
Governments are often bad at picking winners, and protected champions can get lazy. It can also get very cosy between ministers and CEOs.
Names to know
- Jean Monnet
- Charles de Gaulle
- Park Chung-hee
Its squad
Countries that think like this
These countries and regimes have Dirigisme as their closest match out of all 46 types.
South Korea86%
France83%
Latvia83%
Czechia83%
Ukraine82%
Japan82%697–1797Republic of Venice82%1932–1976Sweden’s “People’s Home”82%1933–1945New Deal America81%1945–1951Attlee’s Britain80%1870–1940France’s Third Republic72%Is Dirigisme your type?
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How this works: every ideology sits at a typical spot on the 12 axes, set by us, not copied from anywhere. Match percentages are 100 minus the average gap across all 12 axes. Countries are listed when this is the type closest to their own 12-axis profile.