This volume is a collection of ten essays in which the authors assess the contribution of the German Ordo-liberals 50 years after the founders of the liberal movement in Germany stated their aims and objectives.

The book will be warmly welcomed by students and scholars interested in economic philosophy and the place of liberalism in contemporary thought.

Notes on the Contributors - Preface - German Liberalism and Economic Revival
H.Willgerodt &
A.Peacock - The Ordo Manifesto of 1936
F.Bohm, W.Eucken &
H.Grossman-Doerth - What Kind of Economic and Social System?
W.Eucken - Rule of Law in a Market Economy
F.B hm - Interdependence of Domestic and International Economic Systems
W.R pke - The Meaning of the Social Market Economy
A.M ller-Armack - Will Communism and Capitalism Become Similar Economic Systems?
E.Tuchfeldt - Towards a More Humane Society?
C.Watrin - Problems of Worker Democracies
K.Paul Hensel - The Role of Trade Unions in a Market Economy
E.G.Vetter - Observations on the Problem of Monopolies
F.A.Lutz - The Welfare State at its Limit
W.Hamm - The Public Sector in a Market Economy
K.Schmidt - An Employment Policy without Inflation
H.Giersch - The Functioning of the Gold Standard
F.A.Lutz - Development Aid in a Free Market System
F.W.Meyer - Does Germany Still have a Social Market Economy?
H.O.Lenel - List of References - Index