Ordo-Liberalism

Ordo-Liberalism
Basic Information
Aliases	Ordolib Orderliberalism German Neoliberalism
Ideological Information
Foundation	Alexander Rüstow, Germany, 1930
Character Information
Family	Liberalism (Parent) Social Capitalism (Parent)

Ordoliberalism, clipped to Ordolib, is an economically centre-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 Modern Liberalism .

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

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 Bundesandler.

Relationships

Friends

• Liberalism - My based dad
• Social Liberalism - My more liberal 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 :(

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

Videos

• Ludwig Erhard and German economic miracle