Freiburg’s ordoliberal circle remained active research centers under Nazism

Evidence

Although this academic exchange was interrupted in 1933 with the Nazi takeover, which forced Röpke and Rüstow to emigrate to Turkey, both the university of Freiburg and the circle around Eucken in particular remained core centers of economic research in Germany. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 622

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar Germany adopted ordoliberalism because the Freiburg school survived the Nazis intact — Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous…, 367; The term ordoliberalism named a specific Freiburg School circle around Eucken — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 561; Academic lineage reproduction, not just ideas, carried ordoliberalism into postwar Germany — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 623 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• The rise in the Nazi hierarchy #corroborates (0.90) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2739
• The term ordoliberalism named a specific Freiburg School circle around Eucken #corroborates (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 561
• Ordoliberals advised the Nazi regime while also networking postwar plans #complicates (0.80) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 623
• Multiple lines of economic thought coexisted within Nazi Germany despite its totalitarianism #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 540
• Academic lineage reproduction, not just ideas, carried ordoliberalism into postwar Germany #expands (0.75) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 623
• Nazi economic policy vacillation made ordoliberals hope their competition model would gain favor #expands (0.70) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 539
• Ordoliberal constitution of the economy was a compromise accommodating Nazi political supremacy #qualifies (0.70) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 585