Nolan Chart

The Nolan Chart is a political view assessment diagram created by David Nolan in 1969. The chart divides human political opinions into two vectors – economic opinion and personal opinion – to produce a type of Cartesian chart. It expands political view analysis beyond the traditional "left–right" line, which measures politics along a one-dimensional line, into a graph with two dimensions: degrees of economic and personal freedom.

Development

A similar two-dimensional chart, with eight points instead of four, appeared in 1970 in the publication The Floodgates of Anarchy by Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer. In Radicals for Capitalism (p. 321), Brian Doherty traces the idea for the chart to an article by Maurice Bryson and William McDill in The Rampart Journal of Individualist Thought (Summer 1968) entitled "The Political Spectrum: A Bi-Dimensional Approach".

David Nolan first published the current version of the chart in an article named "Classifying and Analyzing Politico-Economic Systems" in the January 1971 issue of The Individualist, the monthly magazine of the Society for Individual Liberty (SIL). In December 1971, he helped to start the group that would become the Libertarian Party.

Nolan

Nolan is both a surname and a given name, of Irish origin from Ó Nualláin, with alternate spellings including Nolen, Noland, Nolin, and Nalon. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

  • Albert Nolan (born 1934), South African Roman Catholic theologian
  • Anna Nolan (born 1970), Irish television presenter
  • Anthony Nolan (1972-1979), for whom the Anthony Nolan UK charity was formed
  • Barry Nolan, American television presenter
  • Bernadette Nolan (1960-2013), Irish entertainer and actress
  • Bob Nolan (1908-1980), Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
  • Brandon Nolan (born 1983), retired NHL ice hockey player
  • Brian Nolan (1932-2006), Canadian journalist and author
  • Catherine Nolan, American politician
  • Christopher Nolan (author) (born 1965), Irish poet
  • Christopher Nolan (born 1970), film director
  • Clive Nolan, British musician and producer
  • Coleen Nolan (born 1965), English television presenter
  • Daire Nolan (born 1968), Irish professional dancer and choreographer
  • David Nolan (American author) (born 1946), American non-fiction writer
  • Nolan (disambiguation)

    Nolan is a surname and a given name.

    Nolan may also refer to:

    Places

  • Nolans Corners, Ontario
  • Nolan, Texas
  • Nolan County, Texas
  • Nolan River in Johnson County and Hill County
  • Nolan, West Virginia
  • See also

  • Colby Nolan, a housecat who was awarded an MBA degree in 2004 by Trinity Southern University, a Texas-based diploma mill
  • Nolan Helmets, an Italian helmet manufacturer
  • The Nolans, an Irish all-female band
  • The Nolan Chart, a political diagram popularized by Libertarian David Nolan
  • The Nolan principles, first report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
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