Since the early 1980s, governments worldwide have taken many measures to expand the role of markets. Recent political events reflect widespread disenchantment with neoliberal policies, but it remains doubtful whether populist leaders will deliver the market restraints that many of their voters...

Introduction -- Origins and Change in the Concept of Social Market Economy -- The end of laissez-faire“ – Keynes and Ordoliberalism -- The end of laissez-faire -- Wilhelm Röpke’s ecological Social Market Economy -- Goetz Briefs’ socially tempered capitalism -- Health Policies in the...