The literature debates whether social market economy came from Eucken’s or Müller-Armack’s influence

Evidence

Wünsche, Horst Friedrich. 1997. “Erhards soziale Marktwirtschaft: von Eucken programmiert, von Müller-Armack inspiriert?” In Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung (ed.), Soziale Marktwirtschaft als historische Weichenstellung. Bonn—Düsseldorf: ST Verlag, 131–169. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 711

Categorization

• QUESTION: The title itself poses a question worth chasing: was Erhard’s social market economy programmed by Eucken or inspired by Müller-Armack — which lineage is historically accurate?
• XREF: connects to: Coordinated capitalism’s constraints, not US market relations, drove the entrepreneurship discourse in Germany — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 308

Broader Connections

• Coordinated capitalism’s constraints, not US market relations, drove the entrepreneurship discourse in Germany #qualifies (0.72) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 308