Ordoliberalism developed across three stages from the Depression through Nazi rule to 1950s reconstruction.

Evidence

The emergence of ordoliberal theory and its relevance as the basis of the social market economy can be factored into different stages of development: The Great Depression, the period of Nazi rule, and postwar reconstruction—stretching from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 519

Categorization

• DEFINE: Provides the periodization framework for understanding ordoliberalism’s formation.
• XREF: connects to: The Depression forced postwar conservatives to rebuild capitalism’s foundations, not defend them — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 33; Market-liberal ordoliberal thought flourished even inside the Third Reich. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 323; Lippmann’s 1937 Good Society launched the neoliberal program against Depression-era orthodoxy — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 105