Wilhelm Roepke’s Emphasis on the Local Community

Ursula M. Backhaus ()
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Ursula M. Backhaus: Institute for Social Sciences and Forethought

Chapter Chapter 4 in Two Centuries of Local Autonomy, 2012, pp 29-40 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Wihelm Roepke (1899–1966) calls for decentralized measures at the community level in order to fight pitfalls of modern mass society, and he is also an advocate of decentralization in the design of economic policies in order to prevent political dictatorship. An example of his decentralized economic proposals are the German deficit-based recovery policies, which were designed under his guidance in the Brauns Commission (1930/1931). In contrast to what Keynes had suggested, these policies have been designed as municipal policies, and not as centralized (aggregate) state policies. In the first part of this paper, the focus is on Roepke’s vision of the humane economy and society with respect to life and work in the local community. In the second part, his ideas on economic policy designed as municipal policies are illustrated. The paper ends with a summary and conclusion.

Keywords: Public Choice; Employment Policy; Gated Community; Social Market Economy; Business Cycle Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0293-0_4

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