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The Theory of Capitalism in the German Economic Tradition

Historism, Ordo-Liberalism, Critical Theory, Solidarism

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Editors:
  1. Peter Koslowski

    1. Centre for Ethical Economy and Business Culture, The Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research, Hannover, Germany

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  • Presents all major theoretical approaches to the theory of capitalism in the German economic tradition
  • Shows that capitalism is the central topic of German economics in the 20th century
  • First collection of original essays of all the major schools of thought in the German tradition on the theory of capitalism
  • Introduction to the theory of capitalism and to its relevance for today's discussion of the economic order

Part of the book series: Ethical Economy (SEEP)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Theory of Capitalism, Historism, and Economics in Joseph Schumpeter, Emil Lederer and Franz Oppenheimer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Joseph Schumpeter and the German Historical School

      • Yuichi Shionoya
      Pages 3-25

    3. Emil Lederer (1882–1939): Economical and Sociological Analyst and Critic of Capitalist Development

      • Harald Hagemann
      Pages 26-53

    4. Franz Oppenheimer’s Theory of Capitalism and of a Third Path

      • Dieter Haselbach
      Pages 54-89

  3. The Theory of Capitalism, the Historical School, and the Theory of the Social Market Economy in Ordo-Liberalism and Neo-Liberalism: Walter Eucken, Alfred Müller-Armack, Franz Böhm, Friedrich Hayek

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Walter Eucken (1891–1950) and the Historical School

      • Helge Peukert
      Pages 93-147

    3. Franz Böhm and the Theory of the Private Law Society

      • Knut Wolfgang Nörr
      Pages 148-191

    4. Alfred Müller-Armack — Economic Policy Maker and Sociologist of Religion

      • Christian Watrin
      Pages 192-223

    5. The Market Economy and the State Hayekian and Ordoliberal Conceptions

      • Manfred E. Streit, Michael Wohlgemuth
      Pages 224-271

  5. The Theory and Critique of Capitalism and Economic Ethics in Solidarism (Christian Social Thought): Heinrich Pesch and Gustav Gundlach

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 369-369
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    2. Solidarism, Capitalism, and Economic Ethics in Heinrich Pesch

      • Peter Koslowski
      Pages 371-396

    3. Theory and Critique of Capitalism in Gustav Gundlach

      • Anton Rauscher
      Pages 397-415

  7. Historism in Economic Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 465-465
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About this book

The theory of capitalism and of the economic order is the central topic of the German economic tradition in the 20th century. Capitalism has not only been the topic for Marxist economics and for the Frankfurt School but also for the Historical School and for the postmarxist theory of capitalism in Ordo- and Neo-Liberalism as well as in Solidarism. The question of the foundations of the economic order of the market economy and of capitalism as well as the problem whether a third path between capitalism and social­ ism is possible occupied this tradition from the Historical School to Ordo­ Liberalism and the theory of the social market economy. The theory of capitalism and of the social market economy as well as the critique and reform developed in this theoretical tradition is important for the theory of economic systems as well as for today's problems of the eco­ nomic order. Its relevance for the present world economy is visible in the discussions whether there exist different models of capitalism and whether they can be described as the Anglo-American and as the Rhenish model of capitalism influenced by the thought of the German economic tradition. Michel Albert, the author of this classification, gave the key-word in his book Capitalism against Capitalism. The papers of this book can help to clarify this debate by giving a first hand introduction to some of the main economic thinkers of capitalism.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Ethical Economy and Business Culture, The Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research, Hannover, Germany

    Peter Koslowski

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Theory of Capitalism in the German Economic Tradition

  • Book Subtitle: Historism, Ordo-Liberalism, Critical Theory, Solidarism

  • Editors: Peter Koslowski

  • Series Title: Ethical Economy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04084-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-66674-5Published: 24 January 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08592-5Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-04084-3Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2211-2707

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-2723

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 575

  • Topics: Economics, general, Sociology, general, Philosophy, general

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