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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...
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Unmittelbar nach der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008ff. schienen auf politischer, wissenschaftlicher wie auch medialer Ebene die Zeichen guenstig fuer tiefergreifende gesellschaftliche Wandlungen und eine Abkehr von neoliberalen wirtschaftspolitischen Konzeptionen. Sechs Jahre nach dem...
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The purpose of this article is to offer an explanation of the predominance of austerity policies in Europe based on distinct crisis narratives and their underlying market metaphors in the discourse profile of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The methodological approach is a combined discourse...
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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...
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Even after the financial crisis, economists still exert influence on politics and society in general on several levels and thus can be still interpreted as a discipline of power. Particularly in Germany there is a long tradition of institutionalized economic policy advice, which offers...
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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...
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