ABSTRACT
This volume takes a broad perspective on the recent debate on the role of German ordoliberalism in shaping European economic policy before and after the eurozone crisis. It shows how ordoliberal scholars explain the institutional origins of the eurozone crisis, and presents creative policy proposals for the future of the European economy.
Ordoliberal discourse both attempts to offer political solutions to socioeconomic challenges, and to find an ideal market order that fosters individual freedom and social cohesion. This tension between realpolitik and economic utopia reflects the wider debate on how far economic theory shapes, and is shaped by, historical contingencies and institutions.
The volume will be of interest to policymakers as well as research scholars, and graduate students from various disciplines ranging from economics to political science, history, and philosophy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
The historical and contemporaneous roots of ordoliberalism
chapter 2|19 pages
Ordoliberalism and democracy
chapter 3|16 pages
A new Thirty Years War?
part II|2 pages
Ordoliberal explanations of the eurozone crisis
chapter 11|8 pages
Ten commandments to overcome the eurozone’s many crises
chapter 13|15 pages
Ordoliberalism and the eurozone crisis
part III|2 pages
Advancements of the ordoliberal framework after the crisis