Germany's Social Market Economy Origins and Evolution [Hardcover]

The essays in this volume have been translated from the German to bring to the notice of a wider public the contemporary views of a group of prominent German economists and lawyers who have all participated in the development of post-war economic policy in the Federal Republic of Germany.Notes on the Contributors - Preface - German Liberalism and Economic Revival; H.Willgerodt & A.Peacock - The Ordo Manifesto of 1936; F.Bohm, W.Eucken & H.Grossman-Doerth - What Kind of Economic and Social System?; W.Eucken - Rule of Law in a Market Economy; F.B hm - Interdependence of Domestic and International Economic Systems; W.R pke - The Meaning of the Social Market Economy; A.M ller-Armack - Will Communism and Capitalism Become Similar Economic Systems?; E.Tuchfeldt - Towards a More Humane Society?; C.Watrin - Problems of Worker Democracies; K.Paul Hensel - The Role of Trade Unions in a Market Economy; E.G.Vetter - Observations on the Problem of Monopolies; F.A.Lutz - The Welfare State at its Limit; W.Hamm - The Public Sector in a Market Economy; K.Schmidt - An Employment Policy without Inflation; H.Giersch - The Functioning of the Gold Standard; F.A.Lutz - Development Aid in a Free Market System; F.W.Meyer - Does Germany Still have a Social Market Economy?; H.O.Lenel - List of References - Index