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Für eine Absicherung der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft im Grundgesetz

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  • van Suntum Ulrich

    (Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische Wilhelms-UniversitätMünsterGermany)

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While the Social Market Economy was generally accepted as the German economic constitution for decades, it is more and more challenged in recent times. Both intervening and economically controlling interventions are constantly on the rise, in particular in housing, in the labour market, and concerning energy and environment policy. The German basic law does not provide protection against such tendencies, because it is not specific about the economic constitution and even allows socialisation of both land and means of production in article 15. For these reasons, a group of more than 50 economists stands up for an explicit anchoring of the social market economy in the constitution. The paper discusses the pros and cons of this proposal from both the economic and the legal side. The final conclusion is that, analogously to the European treaties, the social market economy should indeed be included in the basic law.

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  • van Suntum Ulrich, 2019. "Für eine Absicherung der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft im Grundgesetz," ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 70(1), pages 291-302, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:ordojb:v:70:y:2019:i:1:p:291-302:n:13
    DOI: 10.1515/ordo-2020-0014
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    Keywords

    Basic Law; Social Market Economy; European Treaties; Economic Constitution; Grundgesetz; Soziale Marktwirtschaft; Europäische Verträge; Wirtschaftsordnung; Basic Law; Social Market Economy; European Treaties; Economic Constitution;
    All these keywords.

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    • K00 - Law and Economics - - General - - - General (including Data Sources and Description)
    • K20 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - General
    • K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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