Think tank networks of German neoliberalism power structures in economics and economic policies in post-war Germany

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This paper aims to examine ideological and politico-economic power structures of post WWII-German economics. Using the conception of a German Neoliberal Thought Collective, organized around the Mont Pèlerin Society, it highlights the similarities between ordoliberalism as German variety of neoliberalism and (American) neoliberalism on a personal as well as on an institutional level. Furthermore, based on the methodology of a performative footprint (PFP) of economists, i.e. an attempt to conceptualize academic, political and public impact of economic thought and distinct economists, respectively, this paper shows that economists organized in a German neoliberal Thought Collective continuously had a formative impact on the course of German economic policies, up to today.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper Serie ; No. Ök-24

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Sociology of Economics ; Current Heterodox Approaches: Austrian ; Cultural Economics: Public Policy
• Subject: neoliberal thought collective ; political power of economic ideas ; economic policy ; ordoliberalism

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pühringer, Stephan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Cusanus Hochschule, Institut für Ökonomie und Institut für Philosophie
• (where): Bernkastel-Kues
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/193186
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET