Ordoliberalism is less distinct from other neoliberal streams than commonly assumed
Evidence
A closer look at the history of German neoliberalism helps to clarify the puzzle. Ordoliberalism is substantially less different from other streams of neoliberal thought than many have thought, although the German tradition of a strong state certainly extends throughout the history of German ordoliberalism. But ordoliberalism had more to offer to the international evolution of neoliberalism than mere reiteration of a parochial German understanding of the state. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 499
Categorization
- XREF: Directly serves the reader’s intermediate goal of understanding how the neoliberal intellectual network formed — places German ordoliberalism inside rather than outside the family. — connects to: Ordoliberals themselves described their school as one national variety of a shared neoliberalism — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 615; Recent Anglo-Saxon neoliberal ideas echo earlier German ordoliberal thought — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 153; German ordoliberals and Austrian neoliberals differ only in emphasis, not substance — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 500 (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- German ordoliberals and Austrian neoliberals differ only in emphasis, not substance
#corroborates(0.95) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 500 - Ordoliberalism grants the state a stronger role than Austrian or Chicago neoliberalism does
#contradicts(0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 503 - Neoliberalism operates from a unified playbook despite surface variation
#expands(0.80) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 917