Ordoliberals themselves described their school as one national variety of a shared neoliberalism

Evidence

MPS member Joachim Starbatty, a central actor in German neoliberal networks and head of the think tank Aktionsgemeinschaft Soziale Marktwirtschaft, defined the MPS as the “organizational expression of neoliberalism” (“der organisatorische Ausdruck”). He argues further that ordoliberalism should be seen as the “German variety of neoliberalism.” With this self-declaration by one of Germany’s most prominent ordoliberals in mind, it is safe to define a “network of German neoliberalism” organized in think tanks and institutions around the MPS. In what follows, I define the “German neoliberal network” as comprised of think tanks or institutions in which at least one of the founding or leading members is also a member of the MPS. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 615

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sets an operational, criteria-based definition of the German neoliberal network for the empirical analysis that follows.
• XREF: connects to: Neoliberalism developed in parallel national schools that rarely interacted despite shared MPS membership. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1077; Ordoliberalism is less distinct from other neoliberal streams than commonly assumed — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 499; Ordoliberals welcomed state intervention, unlike the Chicago School — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 102

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism developed in parallel national schools that rarely interacted despite shared MPS membership. #corroborates (0.82) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1077
• Ordoliberalism is less distinct from other neoliberal streams than commonly assumed #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 499
• Ordoliberals welcomed state intervention, unlike the Chicago School #contradicts (0.72) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 102