Ideologies / Liberal Capitalist / Wilhelm Röpke
§ The minds · 1899–1966 · Germany / Switzerland · Economist
Wilhelm Röpke
The humane economy
Markets on a moral foundation.
Economic+30
SocialistMarket
Governance−20
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−15
TraditionalProgressive
The ordoliberal economist whose 'humane economy' shaped Germany's social market — free competition resting on a conservative moral and legal framework.
social
Culturally conservative defender of small-scale, rooted life.
economic
Ordoliberal: competitive markets framed by a firm legal and moral order.
governance
Liberal-democratic, decentralist, anti-collectivist.
Notable for
- 'A Humane Economy'
- Intellect behind ordoliberalism
- Shaped the social market economy
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