Wilhelm Röpke (1899-1966) : a liberal political economist and conservative social philosopher
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Wilhelm Röpke (1899-1966) : a liberal political economist and conservative social philosopher
（European heritage in economics and the social sciences, v. 20）
Springer, c2018
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This volume provides a comprehensive account of Wilhelm Roepke as a liberal political economist and social philosopher. Wilhelm Roepke (1899-1966) was a key protagonist of transatlantic neoliberalism, a prominent public intellectual and a gifted international networker. As an original thinker, he always positioned himself at the interface between political economy and social philosophy, as well as between liberalism and conservatism. Roepke's endeavors to combine these elements into a coherent whole, as well as his embeddedness in European and American intellectual networks of liberal and conservative thinkers, are a central theme throughout the book.
The volume includes papers by international experts from a conference in Geneva on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Roepke's passing. The first part focuses on new biographical insights into his exile years in Istanbul and Geneva, while the second part discusses his business cycle theory in the context of the Great Depression, and the third part elaborates on his multifaceted social philosophy.
Wilhelm Roepke was among the most important thinkers within the classical liberal revival post-WWII, with intriguing tensions between liberalism and conservatism. A highly recommended volume.
-- Peter J. Boettke, 2016-2018 President of the Mont Pelerin Society and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, George Mason University
This important collection of papers provides an in-depth assessment of Wilhelm Roepke's contributions, placing him in the context of his time. A fine contribution.
-- Bruce J. Caldwell, Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy and Research Professor of Economics, Duke University
Table of Contents
I. Wilhelm Roepke as a Pragmatic Political Economist and Eclectic Social Philosopher: An Introduction.- II. Wilhelm Roepke: New Biographical Insights.- 1. Between Two Continents: Wilhelm Roepke's Years in Istanbul.- 2. Wilhelm Roepke's Utopia and Swiss Reality: From Neoliberalism to Neoconservatism.- 3. The Making of the "Third way": Wilhelm Roepke, Luigi Einaudi, and the Identity of Neoliberalism.- 4. Paleo- and Neoliberals: Ludwig von Mises and the "Ordo Interventionists".- III. Wilhelm Roepke as a Political Economist: Between Keynes and the Austrians.- 5. The Moral Foundations of Society and Technological Progress of the Economy in the Workof Wilhelm Roepke.- 6. Was Wilhelm Roepke Really a Proto-Keynesian?.- 7. Wilhelm Roepke's Report on the Brauns Commission: Advocating a Pragmatic Business Cycle Policy.- 8. The Secondary Depression: An Integral Part of Wilhelm Roepke's Business Cycle Theory.- IV. Wilhelm Roepke as a Social Philosopher: Between Conservatism and Liberalism.- IV. A) Wilhelm Roepke and Conservatism.- 9. From Basel to Brooklyn: Liberal Cultural Pessimism in Jacob Burckhardt, Wilhelm Roepke, and the American Neoconservatives.- 10. Wilhelm Roepke: Why He Was a Conservative.- 11. Wilhelm Roepke and American Conservatism.- 12. Cultural Pessimism and Liberal Regeneration? Wilhelm Roepke as an Ideological In-between in German Social Philosophy.- IV. B) Wilhelm Roepke and Liberalism.- 13. Wilhelm Roepke on Liberalism, Culture, and Economic Development.- 14. Scepticism about Markets and Optimism about Culture.- 15. Democracy, Liberalism, and Moral Order in Wilhelm Roepke: A Comparison with James M. Buchanan.- 16. The Relevance of Wilhelm Roepke in a Post-Totalitarian World.
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