German Keynesian economists felt dominated by imported liberal policy influence

Evidence

The Keynesian economist Erich Schneider even labeled the influence of German neoliberals like Wilhelm Röpke during the 1950s and early 1960s a “dictatorship of the liberals.” — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 1344

Categorization

• QUESTION: What specific policy interventions by Röpke and company warranted the ‘dictatorship’ charge? Could chase Schneider’s evidence.
• 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; Over half of Germany’s most visible economists connect through neoliberal institutions — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 645 (+1 more)