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Hayek and Eucken on State and Market Economy

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Walter Eucken and Friedrich A. Hayek have been two of the most influential proponents of post-war neoliberalism. Despite joint activities and mutual respect,1 however, they held different views on major economic and political issues and ultimately stand for different brands of liberalism (Dörge 1959; Streit/Wohlgemuth 1999; 2000; Woll 1989). These differences between the two surface in their treatment of the relationship between the state and the market.

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Bönker, F., Wagener, HJ. (2001). Hayek and Eucken on State and Market Economy. In: Labrousse, A., Weisz, JD. (eds) Institutional Economics in France and Germany. Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04472-8_7

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