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Wilhelm Röpke

German economist (1899-1966) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 66

Wilhelm Röpke was a German economist and social critic, one of the spiritual fathers of the social market economy.

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Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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A professor of economics, first in Jena, then in Graz, Marburg, Istanbul, and finally Geneva, Röpke theorised and collaborated to organise the post-World War II economic re-awakening of the war-wrecked German economy, deploying a program referred to as ordoliberalism, a more conservative variant of German liberalism.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1966 · aged 66