In spite of the manifold critique about the state of economics in the aftermath of the financial crisis, an even increasing presence of economists and economic experts can be observed in the public sphere during the last years. On the one hand this reflects the still dominant position of...

This paper aims to examine ideological and politico-economic power structures of post WWII-German economics. Using the conception of a German Neoliberal Thought Collective, organized around the Mont Pèlerin Society, it highlights the similarities between ordoliberalism as German variety of...

This paper compares the interconnections between dominant economic thought and processes of policy-making in the area of labour market reforms in Germany in the late 1960s and the early 2000s. The transition in labour market policies in this period could be described as a change from an active...

This paper shows how classical liberalism differs from neoliberalism with respect to the frames, concepts and ideas used to describe and clarify the concept of democracy. In short we argue that while classical liberalism provides central principles for the design of western democratic...

Die Frage nach dem Wesen der Gerechtigkeit ist eine in Ökonomie, Politik und Philosophie umstrittene Frage. Die nachstehende Zusammenschau von philosophischen Argumenten zum Wesen und dem rechten Verständnis von "Gerechtigkeit" als normativem Konzept versucht dabei nicht nur einen groben...

As an immediate reaction to the recent financial crisis, it has been criticized that many economists are still acting as economic advisers for Ministries or the bureaucracy, although they have not been able to foresee the crisis . Academic economists still hold central positions in policy...

This paper discusses the actual relevance and historical origins or 'competition universalism'. In economics, competition is conceptualized as a nearly ubiquitous element of societies, or, at least, used to study a wide array of social and political relations, including competition between firms...