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70 Jahre Wirtschafts- und Währungsreform: Von der Rekonstruktionstheorie zur Ordnungspolitik

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  • Schäfer Wolf

    (Helmut-Schmidt-UniversitätHamburg, Europa-Kolleg Hamburg, Germany)

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Es gibt mindestens zwei grundsätzlich alternative Ansätze für die Würdigung der Wirtschafts- und Währungsreform vor 70 Jahren: Die Rekonstruktionsthese besagt, dass sie im Kern keinen signifikanten Einfluss auf das erhöhte Wirtschaftswachstum im Nachkriegsdeutschland gehabt habe. Das behauptete Erhardsche „Wirtschaftswunder“ sei ein Mythos. Wachstum sei vielmehr durch die langfristige Produktivität eines Landes bestimmt. Die Gegenthese lautet, dass es ohne die Währungs- und Wirtschaftsreform nicht zu dem fulminanten Wirtschaftsaufschwung in der Trizone und in Westdeutschland gekommen wäre. Denn es waren gerade die neuen Regeln der Ordnungspolitik, insbesondere der Wirtschaftsli2beralisierung, die den Schub zum erstarkten Wachstum erzeugten. Was kann man heute in Deutschland und Europa daraus lernen? Angesichts der zunehmenden staatlichen Interventions- und Regulierungsintensitäten, die sich u. a. in administrierten Höchst- und Mindestpreisen, Vorschriften, Verboten etc. dokumentieren, ist der Rückblick vor allem auf die Wirtschaftsbefreiungspolitik Ludwig Erhards vor 70 Jahren ordnungsökonomisch lehrreich.

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  • Schäfer Wolf, 2018. "70 Jahre Wirtschafts- und Währungsreform: Von der Rekonstruktionstheorie zur Ordnungspolitik," ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 69(1), pages 85-95, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:bpj:ordojb:v:69:y:2018:i:1:p:85-95:n:7
    DOI: 10.1515/ordo-2019-0008
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    1. Schnabl Gunther, 2020. "Soziale Marktwirtschaft damals und heute," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 69(1), pages 1-24, May.

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    Keywords

    Ludwig Erhard; Wirtschaftsreform; Trizone; Rekonstruktionstheorie; Ordnungspolitik; Institutionenökonomik; Fixpreis- und Flexpreisökonomik; Soziale Marktwirtschaft; B25; B55; D49; D50;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
    • B55 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Social Economics
    • D49 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Other
    • D50 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - General

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