{"product_id":"9781783486281","title":"The Strong State and the Free Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerman ordoliberalism originated at the end of the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) in a context of hyper-inflation, depression, mass unemployment and social unrest. For ordoliberalism, a free economy is premised on a sound political, legal, social and moral framework to secure its cohesion. The role of the state is to ensure a liberal economic order. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdoliberalism is a contested account of post-neoliberal political economy: some argue that it offers a more restrained and socially just market order; others, in complete contrast, that is a form of authoritarian liberalism and that it is the theoretical foundation for the austerity politics that the EU has actively promoted in recent years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoucault discusses ordoliberalism at length in The Birth of Biopolitics, and Bonefeld’s book provides a thought-provoking companion to those lectures by offering a more comprehensive investigation of the theoretical foundation of ordoliberal thought and its historical and theoretical contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yated Ne'eman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057666834672,"sku":"9781783486281","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783486281_p0.jpg?v=1769892931","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783486281","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}