I fondamenti morali dell'economia di mercato. La pedagogia economica di Luigi Einaudi e Ludwig Erhard (On the moral foundations of the market economy. The economic pedagogy of Luigi Einaudi and Ludwig Erhard)

Giovanni Farese ()
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Moneta e Credito, 2019, vol. 72, issue 288, 379-388

Abstract: Ludwig Erhard, nell'ambito di una più ampia discussione su contenuti, usi e abusi, dell'economia sociale di mercato. Più che su specifici indirizzi di politica economica, in gran parte condivisi, Einaudi ed Erhard convergono nel mettere in luce l'importanza dell'acquisizione della cultura mediante l'istruzione, la formazione del carattere, l'esercizio della virtù, la pratica della libertà come imprescindibili fondamenti morali dell'economia di mercato. Dunque economia morale (non sociale) di mercato. Ci si chiede, in conclusione, se sia possibile condividere questi fondamenti senza necessariamente aderire alle ricette dell'economia sociale di mercato. The paper illustrates the convergence of ideas between Luigi Einaudi's and Ludwig Erhard's liberalisms, in the context of a wider discussion on the meaning, the uses and misuses, of social market economy. Beside shared views on policy issues, they both stress the importance of the acquisition of culture through education, the formation of indvidual character, the practice of freedom and of virtue as fundamental moral underpinnings of the market economy. Therefore, a moral (not social) market economy. The point is whether one has to agree with the policies of the social market economy to support these values.

Keywords: liberalism; moral values; social market economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 B29 B31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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