Ordoliberalism & Competition Law: Past, Present & Future – Matthew Cole, Karen Horn, Anselm Küsters
Prof. Karen Horn, University of Erfurt (recent publication on the topic – https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/...)
Dr Anselm Küsters, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Theory, Centre for European Policy, Berlin (recent publication on the topic – https://www.degruyter.com/document/do...)
Dr Matthew Cole, Lecturer in Competition Law, University of Exeter Law School (recent publication on the topic – https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...)
Ordoliberalism is inseparably linked with the origins of EU Competition Law, Economics and Policy. It was also often associated with a more form-oriented stage of the development of EU Competition Law, and as such was often criticised for being not sufficiently welcoming to the emerging more economic approach.
Recent metamorphoses in selecting priorities as well as in the overall perception of the role and function of competition policy in liberal democracies have contributed to the revival of Ordoliberalism and emergence of conceptions of the Neo Ordo.
To scrutinise the past and the future of Ordoliberalism in shaping EU Competition Law, Economics and Policy (and beyond) we have three leading thinkers in the area – Matthew Cole, Anselm Küsters, Karen Horn – engaged in an open and amicable conversation.
Hope colleagues, friends and students will find this panel useful. Your feedback is welcome.
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