Over half of Germany’s most visible economists connect through neoliberal institutions

Evidence

First, twenty-two economists with a high or medium media coefficient score in their think-tank networks. Twelve out of those twenty-two (55 percent) are linked via the network of German neoliberalism, with the MPS (five connections) and the Kronberger Kreis and the Hayek-Stiftung/Gesellschaft (the Hayek Foundation or Society) (each with three connections) holding central positions. In contrast, one economist with a medium media coefficient score is connected to the union-linked Böckler Foundation, which in contrast to the neoliberal thought collective could be termed a Keynesian-Alternative thought collective. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 645

Categorization

• XREF: The 55 percent vs. one economist contrast quantifies the asymmetry of think-tank infrastructure between neoliberal and Keynesian-alternative camps — resonates with broader literature on think-tank asymmetry. — connects to: Neoliberal economists dominated German economic policy influence from 1945 to 1995. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 44; Most influential postwar German economists belonged to a dense neoliberal network. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 655; 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 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• German academic economics since 1945 was dominantly controlled by a neoliberal thought collective #corroborates (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 652
• German neoliberal economists shaped policy from the republic’s founding through the 1980s turn #expands (0.75) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 654
• Neoliberalism rose to hegemony through transnational networks of scholars and allies #corroborates (0.72) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 81
• German Keynesian economists felt dominated by imported liberal policy influence #corroborates (0.72) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 1344