Movements · czech_republic_fischer_caretaker_2009_2010 Fischer technocratic caretaker 2009-2010 CZE · 2009 – 2010· Technocratic caretaker after Topolanek loss of confidence Mar 2009
Leaders: Jan Fischer (Prime Minister, non-partisan technocrat, 2009-2010) · Eduard Janota (Finance Minister)
Doctrine — stated goals and content Technocratic caretaker government installed to complete the Czech EU Council Presidency and shepherd a 2010 GFC consolidation package ("Janota package" / uesporny balicek) following the March 2009 fall of Topolanek on the confidence vote. Economic school: Czech technocratic budget- triage — mid-year 2009 fiscal package combining VAT/excise rate rises, PIT-base broadening, and expenditure cuts to arrest deficit blow-out (2009 deficit -5.5% of GDP). Left-right axis: neutral/technocratic. Dated policies: Janota package (uesporny balicek) Oct 2009, Lisbon Treaty ratification instruments Nov 2009 (Klaus signed 3 Nov 2009), H1N1 flu response. Popularity: high approval owing to non-partisan framing. Coherence: high — clear mandate, disciplined cabinet.
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes ↓
spending level → fiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
decreased · moderate
lower spending share
Janota package trimmed expenditure and raised revenue to contain 2010 deficit.
↓
tax progressivity → fiscal.tax_progressivity
Progressivity of the personal income tax schedule, including top marginal rates, bracket spread, and targeted credits (EITC-equivalents).
decreased · weak
less progressive (flatter rates, compression, smaller credits)
Main revenue via VAT/excise, base-broadening PIT — regressive tilt.
↑
rule of law → institutional.rule_of_law
Rule of law as institutional substrate — contract enforcement, judicial independence, equal treatment before the law. Upstream of most other axes.
increased · weak
stronger rule of law
Caretaker orderly transition; Lisbon Treaty ratification completed.
Policies enacted · cz_janota_austerity_package_2009 · cz_lisbon_treaty_ratification_2009 Schools of thought aligned or opposed aligned austrian derived: score=+0.72, overlap=3 axes vs austrian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned chicago_monetarism derived: score=+0.75, overlap=3 axes vs chicago_monetarism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned institutionalism derived: score=+0.56, overlap=3 axes vs christian_democratic profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned classical_liberal derived: score=+0.99, overlap=3 axes vs classical_liberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned empirical_pragmatist derived: score=+0.54, overlap=3 axes vs empirical_pragmatist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned ordoliberal derived: score=+0.98, overlap=3 axes vs ordoliberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed social_democratic derived: score=-0.48, overlap=3 axes vs social_democratic profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed democratic_socialist derived: score=-0.47, overlap=3 axes vs democratic_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed developmentalism derived: score=-0.47, overlap=3 axes vs developmentalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed market_socialist derived: score=-0.71, overlap=2 axes vs market_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed marxian derived: score=-0.88, overlap=2 axes vs marxian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed marxist_leninist derived: score=-1.00, overlap=2 axes vs marxist_leninist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed new_keynesian derived: score=-0.55, overlap=3 axes vs new_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed post_keynesian derived: score=-0.70, overlap=3 axes vs post_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
References Zakon c. 362/2009 Sb. (Janota balicek) IESET — an empirically-grounded, adversarially-reviewed framework for contemporary economic policy questions. Every hypothesis pre-registered in git before the data is examined.