A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market.

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Alongside Friedrich Hayek, Wilhelm Röpke (1899-1966) was one of the founding members of the Mont Pélerin society. In 1961, he became president of the society but terminated his membership a year later following a disagreement with Hayek over the future direction of the group. A proponent of Ordoliberalism, a distinct strand of neoliberalism which combined “economic modernity and anti-modern political, social, and cultural ideas”, Röpke’s influence was clearest in the development of the Soziale Marktwirtschaft (Social Market Economy) during the post-war reconstruction of Germany (Mirowski Plehwe, The Road from Mont Pelerin , p. 103). A Humane Economy is an effective synthesis of Ordoliberalism, lamenting the centralisation, degradation and vermassung (or massification) of society. His Conservatism is clear with Röpke setting out an “anthropological-sociological frame” with a Christian structure of morality within which the market can operate (Mirowski Plehwe, p. 103). Contents bright, uneven foxing to endpapers, rubbed dust jacket worsening towards extremities and fading to spine, just about a very good copy overall.

• Binding: Hardcover

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