# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-eucken
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:39:41.714Z

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name: "Walter Eucken"
slug: "walter-eucken"
description: "Walter Eucken was a German economist of the Freiburg school and father of ordoliberalism. Ordoliberalism was based on the concept of social market economy balancing free markets with regulatory oversight. The Walter Eucken Institut was founded four years after his death and his ideas influenced West Germany’s economic policy."
tagline: "German economist (1891–1950)"
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birthDate: "1891-01-17"
deathDate: "1950-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump