German ordoliberals’ freedom was limited to economic, not political, liberty

Evidence

Although German ordoliberals like to congratulate themselves on their defense of individual freedom and liberty, the history of German neoliberalism clearly reveals the limited, primarily economic understanding of freedom that is the common denominator of the different schools of neoliberal thought. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 501

Categorization

• XREF: Ties to the broader thesis that neoliberal intellectual networks accommodated authoritarian politics; connects with discussions of the Mont Pèlerin Society’s tolerance of Pinochet. — connects to: German ordoliberals’ wartime economic critique was not real resistance against Nazism. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 321; Working-class freedom demanded economic not merely political democracy after World War I — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 1667; Early European neoliberals privileged economic over political freedom — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 188 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Political freedom is impossible without economic freedom #contradicts (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 407