Olimpia Malatesta is a brilliant young researcher that in the last few years has published several remarkably thorough papers on German liberalism (see also Cozzolino et al. 2021). Her study perspective is that of philosophy and politics, that allowed her to highlight the political, legal and philosophical roots of Ordoliberalism and Social Market Economy. Therefore, her works set those liberal economic theories in context, developing connections that have often insufficiently developed by economists. For this reason, this book is a precious source of insights and original connections among different scholars, able to put that liberalism in its political and legal context. This confirms that Ordoliberalism cannot be dealt with economic concepts only, similarly to what asserted in study of Adelino Zanini (2022) in which the primacy of the legal approach in Ordoliberalism is underlined. Malatesta is very precise on historical accounts, including protagonists and reforms. Also the influence of Ordoliberalism on the principles guiding European institu- tions is analysed brilliantly. Therefore, this is an important reference for his- torians of all social sciences and for economic and political studies.
Review of OLIMPIA MALATESTA, Ordoliberalism, State and Society. A Political Theory of Social Order, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2025. Pp. 276. €140.00. ISBN: 9781032432014
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Abstract
Olimpia Malatesta is a brilliant young researcher that in the last few years has published several remarkably thorough papers on German liberalism (see also Cozzolino et al. 2021). Her study perspective is that of philosophy and politics, that allowed her to highlight the political, legal and philosophical roots of Ordoliberalism and Social Market Economy. Therefore, her works set those liberal economic theories in context, developing connections that have often insufficiently developed by economists. For this reason, this book is a precious source of insights and original connections among different scholars, able to put that liberalism in its political and legal context. This confirms that Ordoliberalism cannot be dealt with economic concepts only, similarly to what asserted in study of Adelino Zanini (2022) in which the primacy of the legal approach in Ordoliberalism is underlined. Malatesta is very precise on historical accounts, including protagonists and reforms. Also the influence of Ordoliberalism on the principles guiding European institu- tions is analysed brilliantly. Therefore, this is an important reference for his- torians of all social sciences and for economic and political studies.
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