Nazi economic policy vacillation made ordoliberals hope their competition model would gain favor

Evidence

The very lack of a consistent economic policy under the Nazis—the Nazis’ economic policy oscillated wildly between planning and competition at least until the war—reinforced the ordoliberals’ hope of finding a sympathetic hearing for their authority-supported model of competition (Herbst 1982; Abelshauser 1999). — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 539

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to broader literature on how authoritarian regimes create openings for technocratic economic models to be pitched. — connects to: Nazi economic policy massively favored large companies and cartels over smaller firms — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1184; Market-liberal ordoliberal thought flourished even inside the Third Reich. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 323; Freiburg’s ordoliberal circle remained active research centers under Nazism — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 622 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Multiple lines of economic thought coexisted within Nazi Germany despite its totalitarianism #complicates (0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 540