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Heinrich von Stackelberg and the diffusion of Ordoliberal economics in Franco's Spain

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  • Cornel Ban

    (Boston University - Department of International Relations)

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Economic historians regard Ordoliberalism as a school of thought whose reach was limited to Germany. Challenging this popular view, this study shows that Ordoliberalism also had considerable impact on Spanish economics during the 1940s and 1950s, despite the fact that Spain’s policy establishment favoured a State-led and predominantly antiliberal development model. This puzzling outcome was the result of the exceptional ideational entrepreneurship of Ordoliberal economist Heinrich von Stackelberg, who was a visiting professor in Madrid from 1943 until his death in 1946. His intellectual entrepreneurship in the Spanish economic profession proved to have lasting consequences, as the policy-oriented intellectuals he influenced came to occupy leading positions in academia and economic policy institutions. This paper also contributes to the empirical literature on the diffusion of economic ideas across national epistemic boundaries by highlighting the role of exceptional economists acting as carriers of new economic ideas. Finally, the study helps illuminate a critical juncture in the intellectual history of Spanish economics during the Francoist regime.

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  • Cornel Ban, 2012. "Heinrich von Stackelberg and the diffusion of Ordoliberal economics in Franco's Spain," History of Economic Ideas, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa - Roma, vol. 20(3), pages 85-106.
  • Handle: RePEc:hid:journl:v:20:y:2012:3:7:p:85-106
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    1. Rocío Sánchez-Lissen & María Teresa Sanz-Díaz, 2020. "The journal Moneda y Crédito as a vehicle spreading the social market economy in Spain (1943-1966)," Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, Asociación Española de Historia Económica, vol. 16(01), pages 125-135.
    2. Boianovsky, Mauro, 2021. "Review of “Ideas in the History of Economic Development – The Case of Peripheral Countries” edited by Estrella Trincado, Andrés Lazzarini, and Denis Melnik," OSF Preprints re5b4, Center for Open Science.

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