The Making of the German Post-War Economy: Political Communication and Public Reception of the Social Market Economy after World War Two (International Library of Twentieth Centruy History, Volume 25)

317 Pages·2010·2.07 MB·English

by  Christian L. Glossner

Christian L. Glossner is Teaching Fellow and Assistant Lecturer in
Political Economy and European History at the University of Oxford. He
previously held a Europaeum Research Fellowship at the Institut
Universitaire de Hautes Études Internationales (HEI) in Geneva and
worked for the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
(ECFIN) of the European Commission in Brussels. He is a graduate from
the Université de Fribourg as well as the London School of Economics
and Political Science (LSE) and received his D.Phil. on economic theory
and political history from the University of Oxford in 2008.
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THE MAKING OF THE
GERMAN POST-WAR
ECONOMY

Political Communication and Public
Reception of the Social Market Economy
after World War II

Christian L. Glossner

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CONTENTS

List of Tables ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Chronology xvii
Acknowledgements xxiii
Preface xxv

Introduction 1
Part I Conception and Communication 8
1 Academic Concepts between Neo-Liberalism 29
and Neo-Socialism
1.1 The Freiburg Circles and Neo-Liberalism 31
1.2 The Freiburg School and Ordo-Liberalism 39
1.3 The Cologne School and Social Market Economics 47
2 Political Considerations between 61
Programmatic Intention and Pragmatic Imperative
2.1 The Social Democratic Party and Liberal Socialism 63
2.2 The Christian Democratic Union/ 80
Christian Social Union and Social Liberalism
Part II Politics and Public Opinion 108
3 1945/1946 – Stupor and Search for Direction 116
4 1947 – Disillusion and Disappointment 121
5 1948 – Aspiration and Apprehension 127
6 1949 – Contentment and Confidence 138
Conclusion 148

Appendices 152
Notes 181
Bibliography 241
Index 285

LIST OF TABLES

1 List of Licensed Political Parties on Zonal Level 152
2 Administration of American Zone of Occupation 153
3 Administration of British Zone of Occupation 154
4 Geographical Illustration of Anglo-American Bizone 155
5 Administration of Bizonal Economic Area 156
6 Composition of First Economic Council 157
7 Composition of Second Economic Council 157
8 List of Members of Economic Council 158
9 Social Structure of Members of Economic Council 160
10 List of Plenary Meetings of Economic Council 161
11 Overview of Licensed Newspapers 162
12 List of Individual Licensed Newspapers 163
13 Overview of Party Conventions 171
14 Overview of Elections 172
15 Election Results 173
16 Evolution of Major Party Vote 177