Ordo-Liberalism

Ordo-Liberalism
Basic Information
Aliases	Ordolib Orderliberalism Paleoneoliberalism German Neoliberalism Social Market economy Social Neoliberalism Freiburg School Freiburg Liberalism
Alignments	Center-right Capitalists Liberals Welfarists
Ideological Influences
Influenced by	Liberalism Social Capitalism Classical Liberalism
Influenced	Neoliberalism (In Name Only) Reactionary Liberalism (some) Christian Democracy (some)
Ideological Information
Notable Theorists	Alexander Rüstow (1885-1963) Walter Eucken Franz Böhm

Ordo-Liberalism, clipped to Ordolib, is an economically center-right, statist, and culturally variable (but never beyond center-right) ideology which is the son of Liberalism and Social Capitalism. It can be defined as in-between the laissez-faire Capitalist Classical Liberalism and Liberalism .

History

Ordoliberalism was born in 1930's Germany and served as a foundation of much of the post-war German economic system. It believes that the role in the economy of the state is to assure that free markets give the theoretical results they are supposed to give; that the role of the state is to make sure markets are not monopolized or cartelized since that's what is in the way of markets stagnating.

Ordoliberals promoted the concept of the social market economy, and this concept promotes a strong role for the state with respect to the market, which is in many ways different from the ideas of Neoliberalism. Oddly the term "Neoliberalism" was first coined in 1938 by Alexander Rüstow, who is regarded an Ordoliberal today. This is because at the start of the 20th century any kind of political Liberalism was seen badly, so when Ordoliberalism started becoming more popular it was regarded as Neoliberalism or New Liberalism.

Personality and Behaviour

Ordoliberalism will usually be portrayed as a German and a bureaucrat. He likes order and likes to stop any "weird shenanigans".

How to Draw

Flag of Ordo-Liberalism

Ordolib's design is usually shown as Lib's design with the globe replaced with a police badge.

1. Draw a ball
2. Fill it blue
3. In gold draw a shield with a flat surfaces in top-right and top-left corners and a spike at the top of the shield
4. Within a shield draw in the shade of blue a circle
5. Within the circle, draw a star
6. Add the eyes, and you're done!

An alternate design exists where instead of the police badge, there's a Bundesadler.

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Blue	#005C95	0, 92, 149
	Gold	#EFE9AB	239, 233, 171

Relationships

Friends

• Liberalism - My based dad.
• Classical Liberalism - My based grandpa.
• Social Liberalism - My more progressive cousin. We share the same ideals though.
• Social Capitalism - Where I inherited my economic views.
• Hayekism - He likes me but he always calls my other friends commies :(
• Third Way - I like your style.
• Liberaltarianism - Similar to above but libertarian.
• Fiscal Conservatism - Fiscal responsibility is a must for any good government.

Frenemies

• Reactionary Liberalism - I appreciate that you like my economics and everything, but can you just chill?.
• Christian Democracy - He has become a bit too right-wing in economics for my taste since Merkel entry.

Enemies

• Marxism–Leninism - Haha, commie party go byebye. Stay in East Germany where you belong!
• Luxemburgism - Are you not just Soviet communism again?
• National Socialism - You ruined Germany!
• Neoliberalism - YOU STOLE MY NAME!

Further Information

Literature

• Ordoliberalism, Law and the Rule of Economics (Preview)
• German Neo-liberals and the Social Market Economy (Preview)

Wikipedia

• Ordoliberalism
• ORDO
• Freiburg School
• Freiburg Circles
• Social Market Economy
• Wirtschaftswunder
• Walter Eucken
• Alfred Müller-Armack
• Alexander Rüstow
• Wilhelm Röpke

Articles

• What Is Ordoliberalism?

Videos

• Ludwig Erhard and German economic miracle

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