The welfare state versus the social market economy—comparison and evaluation of housing policies in Denmark and west Germany with special importance attached to social housing and rent control

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Skifter Andersen ◽  
Asger Munk
Keyword(s):  
Market Economy ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Social Market Economy ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Rent Control ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Market ◽  
The Welfare State

scholarly journals Formation of the regulatory functions of the social state

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-222
Author(s):  
V. P. Vasiliev
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Market Economy ◽  
Economic Dynamics ◽  
Social State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dominant Feature ◽  
Social Market ◽  
The Welfare State

The article analyzes the stages of formation of the principles of the welfare state, the development of its models. The basic model of a market economy does not deny the essential role of the state in socio-economic processes. It is shown that each of the stages is complementary to the fundamental characteristics of the phenomenon of the welfare state, based on new social practices. Historical evolution is represented by the enrichment functions of the state and business along the trajectory of the welfare state — social market economy — the welfare state. A central element of the social state is the social insurance institution, emerged in the socio-labor relations as a form of interaction of employees and employers with trade unions and the state. The dominant feature of the social market economy is to ensure free entrance of citizens in market activity and related functions of the state to ensure availability to markets of labor and capital, ensuring competition and private property rights. Welfare society based on a powerful upsurge of economic dynamics and productivity marks the transition to a new quality of life and overcoming social exclusion. Illustrates the emerging tendency to increase the share of the state in ensuring social economic dynamics. Identified positive and negative aspects of this process. For the practice of public administration in Russia proposed restructuring of the budget expenditures and insurance payments.

The history of the concept of social market economy in Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Nevskiy ◽  
Aleksandr Hudokormov ◽  
Mihail Pokidchenko ◽  
Irina Chaplygina ◽  
Al'fred Shyuller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Market Economy ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Social Market Economy ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Social Market ◽  
Freiburg School

The monograph traces the history of the development of German neoliberal economic thought from the origins of the Freiburg School in the 1930s to the first results of the practical implementation of the concept of a social market economy in West Germany in the late 1940s-early 1960s. The author demonstrates the broad historical context of the development of German ideas about the theory and practice of the policy of order (Ordnungstheorie und Ordnungspolitik), shows the features of the formation and spread of the scientific and intellectual economic tradition in Germany, as well as beyond its borders, starting with the birth of the German historical school and the perception of its heritage by Russian socio-economic thought in the second half of the XIX — early XX century and ending with the practical implementation of the concept of order of the Freiburg school and the correlation of its ideological and spiritual and moral foundations with the social teaching of Catholicism and liberalism of Friedrich von Hayek. Special attention is paid to some controversial issues of the formation of the theory of ordoliberalism during the period of national socialism and the problems of the social market economy in modern Germany. The book is intended to fill the shortage of specialized scientific literature on relevant issues and to acquaint the Russian reader, primarily students, teachers and researchers, with the variety of ideological and scientific-theoretical foundations of the socio-economic system of the post-war Germany.

scholarly journals The crisis of social market economy in the context of globalisation processes

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Aniela Dylus
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Social Market Economy ◽  
Niklas Luhmann ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scientific Dispute ◽  
Retirement Systems ◽  
Social Market ◽  
The Welfare State

In the context of globalisation processes, the social market economy (SME) is in crisis. A reflection on the features of this model is closely related to the scientific dispute over its designation. It could be perceived as a theory, a political programme, a sort of economic order, a structure, a model or a system of economic and social development. Sometimes it is perceived as an idealistic vision or even a political utopia (Niklas Luhmann). Others (e.g.: Peter Koslowski) argue that this system has come to an end. To support this thesis, they refer to various arguments: a lack of consensus on redistribution, a demographic crisis, the depletion of solidarity resources, an intergenerational imbalance that threatens retirement systems and many others. Despite the range of these arguments, it appears that the SME still has a certain potential that could be freed. Combating difficulties associated with globalisation processes, such as the dominance of the economy over politics, ‘tax starvation’ of the welfare state, marginalisation of trade unions, dispersion of ownership and its detachment from responsibility, “financialisation” of economy, or dominance of ‘casino capitalism’, could help to heal the SME. The crisis in financial markets might be paradoxically an opportunity to return to the ethical foundations of the SME.

Textbook Representations of the Economy of East and West Germany at the Time of the Golden Age

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-131
Author(s):  
Kai Krüger
Keyword(s):  
Market Economy ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Social Market Economy ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Planned Economy ◽  
Economic Miracle ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Market

This article examines the presentation of West Germany’s “economic miracle” and East Germany’s planned economy in school textbooks published between 2014 and 2016. The textbooks tell a success story of the “social market economy” that hardly takes into account the academic research of the last forty years. The results furthermore show that contemporary sources were altered in the process of textbook production in order that they adhere to the German success story. These findings, however, do not only point to conscious ideology production and a lack of knowledge, but also suggest that competition among publishers is an explanatory factor. Multiperspectival and controversial presentations of the economy occur only sporadically. It is therefore questionable to what extent the textbooks benefit historical learning.

scholarly journals The Welfare State and The Market Economy: The Austrian experience as a Social Market Economy (SME)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 733-744
Author(s):  
Rafat Fazeli ◽  
Reza Fazeli
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Social Market Economy ◽  
Working Population ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Market ◽  
Social Wage ◽  
The Welfare State

This paper concentrates on the recent development of the welfare state and social wage in Austria. Our empirical review is concerned with the net benefits or net social wage received by the Austrian working population. Net social wage is defined as the difference between the social benefits received and taxes paid by the working class. This measurement will enable us to find out whether the working population has received a net gain (or net social wage) and whether this net gain has expanded over time. The paper offers a study of the trends of the “social wage” in France in the last decades before the Great Recession. It addresses two major questions. The first question is whether the expansion of social expenditures has posed any drag on capital accumulation and economic growth in this country. The second question is whether the increasing ideological challenges from the right and the competitive pressures of globalization have led to the retrenchment of the French welfare states in recent decades.

scholarly journals Civil Economy in the Social Market Economy: a Theoretical Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Flavio Felice
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Market Economy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Civil Economy ◽  
State And Market ◽  
Social Market

Abstract What do we mean by “civil” and “civil society”? This paper attempts to describe a complex notion of “civil economy” in Sturzo’s theoretical perspective of the social market economy. According to this political theory, “civil” is not opposed to “market,” which is not opposed to “the political” (the state). Rather, instead of being the transmission belt between the state and market, civil is the galaxy in which we find also the market and the state (but not only), each with its own functions. This tradition – rooted in Christianity – was able to oppose both Nazi and communist totalitarianism, while many Catholics made an impossible attempt to exhume corporatism.

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