German academic economics since 1945 was dominantly controlled by a neoliberal thought collective
Evidence
The analysis of the political and public influence of German economists with professorships in economics from 1954 to 1995 reflects a very uneven power structure in favor of neoliberals. Both the detailed analysis of economists with a high media presence or central policy advice positions, and the overall analysis of influential economists in all five coefficients of the PFP, highlight that the majority of economists with an influence on politics and the public can be assigned to the German neoliberal thought collective. While there also exists a network of economists organized in a Keynesian-Alternative thought collective, indicating a potential countervailing power in politico-economic discourses, the network analyses show that this group is in a marginalized minority position. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 652
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Neoliberal economists dominated German economic policy influence from 1945 to 1995. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 44; German neoliberal thought persistently shaped German economic policy through 2008 and beyond — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 611; Most influential postwar German economists belonged to a dense neoliberal network. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 655 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- German neoliberal economists shaped policy from the republic’s founding through the 1980s turn
#expands(0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 654 - Neoliberal intellectuals formed a thought collective as a unit
#complicates(0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 10