(English: ''The Ordo Yearbook of Economic and Social Order'', most commonly referred to as ''Ordo Yearbook'', or simply as ''ORDO'') is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

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established in 1948 by German economists

Walter Eucken Walter Eucken (; 17 January 1891 – 20 March 1950) was a German economist of the Freiburg school and father of ordoliberalism. He is closely linked with the development of the concept of "social market economy". Early life Walter Eucken was born ...

and

Franz Böhm Franz Böhm (16 February 1895, Konstanz – 26 September 1977, Rockenberg) was a German politician, lawyer, and economist. Early life Franz Böhm was born on 16 February 1895 in Konstanz. He moved along with his family in 1898 to Karlsruhe ...

. The journal focuses on the economic and political institutions governing modern society.

History

The term

ordoliberalism Ordoliberalism is the German variant of economic liberalism that emphasizes the need for government to ensure that the free market produces results close to its theoretical potential but does not advocate for a welfare state. Ordoliberal ideals ...

was coined echoing the journal's title. Furthermore, the concept of

social market economy The social market economy (SOME; german: soziale Marktwirtschaft), also called Rhine capitalism, Rhine-Alpine capitalism, the Rhenish model, and social capitalism, is a socioeconomic model combining a free-market capitalist economic system alon ...

, being the main

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used in

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and

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during and after the

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era, has been developed nearly exclusively within ''ORDO''. Today, the journal's mission is to provide a forum of debate for scholars of diverse disciplines such as

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

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political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

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, and

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.Frank Boenker, Agnès Labrousse, and Jean-Daniel Weisz (2000):
The Evolution of Ordoliberalism in the Light of the Ordo Yearbook. A Bibliometric Analysis
" in: A. Labrousse and J. D. Weisz (Eds.), ''Institutional Economics in France and Germany. German Ordoliberalism versus the French Regulation School'', Berlin: Springer, pp. 159-182. ''ORDO'' is published annually. Articles are published either in German or in English. ''ORDO'' also contains

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ordo (Journal) German economics journals De Gruyter academic journals Publications established in 1948 Multilingual journals Annual journals