Ordoliberalism

Ordoliberalism

Ordoliberalism

Ordoliberalism

15 April 2019

The proposal for a European Minister of Economy and Finance: Germany vs Italy

By Tiziano Zgaga

When dealing with EU reform proposals, the literature also tends to focus on the contrasts between Germany and France. Germany and Italy are of particular interest because they developed a different reading of the euro crisis.

9 July 2018

Order in the Eurozone – A dialogue between Claus Offe and Maurizio Ferrera

By Maurizio Ferrera and Claus Offe

The German framing of the problem of the EMU and the EU is often described and criticized as an obsession with "order".

3 April 2018

Germany’s leadership role in the Eurozone revisited: past and present

By Siegfried Schieder and Claudia Guarneri

Notions such as ‘leadership’ or ‘hegemony’ suggest that without a strong Germany to enforce the Eurozone’s fiscal restrictions, the implementation of difficult albeit necessary structural reforms would not be successful at preserving the Euro. However, is it justified to view Germany as a leading power during the Eurozone crisis? Moreover, what does the new German government mean for the Eurozone’s ambitious plans for deeper economic integration?

12 May 2016

The religious foundations of the European Crisis

By Joseph Hien

The European sovereign debt crisis has opened a rift between European countries. It runs between North and South and between Catholic and Protestant nations. Are we witnessing a European clash of cultures?

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