German ordoliberalism originated by attacking the German Historical School

Evidence

The roots of German neoliberalism date back to the Freiburg School, built around Walter Eucken, Franz Böhm, and Leonhard Miksch in the 1920s and 1930s, and Alexander Rüstow and Wilhelm Röpke, two German economists in close personal contact with Eucken. At the level of economic theory, the central aim of these early ordoliberal scholars was to attack the “ruins of the German Historical School,” which manifested in the idea of the foundation of the “Theoretical Club of Ricardians.” Rüstow suggested also inviting Austrian economists such as Hayek, Haberler, Machlup, and Mises into this club. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 621

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader Austerity/Neoliberalism reading: shows ordoliberalism as an intellectual attack on a historical school, a definitional variety within the movement the reader is mapping. — connects to: German ordoliberalism fused three distinct strands sharing a political will — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 629; Pan-German ideology originated in student bodies and spread outward into general politics — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2400; German theorists also birthed neoliberalism, with Rüstow urging liberal interventionism — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 102

Broader Connections

• German ordoliberalism fused three distinct strands sharing a political will #expands (0.80) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 629
• Pan-German ideology originated in student bodies and spread outward into general politics #exemplifies (0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2400