Neoliberal economists dominated German economic policy influence from 1945 to 1995.

Evidence

Stephan Pühringer also follows ideas in action, using empirical methods to evaluate the influence of neoliberalism on policy in Germany—a connection more often asserted than proven. Pühringer tracks the institutional affiliation and public impact of 800 German economists from 1945 to 1995. Comparing neoliberal to Keynesian economists, he finds an extremely uneven power structure in the discipline of economics in favor of the former. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 44

Categorization

• SEED: The empirical measurement of economists’ policy influence (rather than asserted influence) is a method worth borrowing for other national case studies.
• XREF: connects to: German academic economics since 1945 was dominantly controlled by a neoliberal thought collective — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 652; Most influential postwar German economists belonged to a dense neoliberal network. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 655; German neoliberal thought persistently shaped German economic policy through 2008 and beyond — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 611 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• German neoliberal economists shaped policy from the republic’s founding through the 1980s turn #corroborates (0.98) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 654
• German academic economics since 1945 was dominantly controlled by a neoliberal thought collective #corroborates (0.95) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 652
• Most influential postwar German economists belonged to a dense neoliberal network. #corroborates (0.92) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 655
• Over half of Germany’s most visible economists connect through neoliberal institutions #corroborates (0.90) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 645
• German neoliberal thought persistently shaped German economic policy through 2008 and beyond #expands (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 611
• German Keynesian economists felt dominated by imported liberal policy influence #corroborates (0.80) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 1344
• After 2008 the neoliberal thought collective intensified capture of economics #expands (0.72) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 975