Ludwig Erhard

Referenced in 11 other works , including IS THERE A MIDDLE WAY? , Indian Planning and the Common Man , and FREE ENTERPRISE—THE KEY TO PROSPERITY .

In IS THERE A MIDDLE WAY? : Mehta cites Ludwig Erhard's 'socially oriented' market — alongside Bismarck's German capitalism, Sweden, and Thatcher/Reagan-era public spending — as historical evidence that mutually complementary Free Enterprise plus Welfare State is the actual working pattern, not the laissez-faire vs.

In Economic Growth with Social Justice : Shenoy invokes Erhard's West Germany as a successful counter-example to Indian socialism, placing it among the Asian 'mini-Japans' as proof that the U-turn he advocates can deliver economic progress.

In Is Socialism Outdated? : Masani holds up West Germany under Erhard as evidence that free economies — not 'Etatisme' — lift wages and living standards fastest, using Erhard's record as the empirical case against Indian planning orthodoxy.

In Indian Planning and the Common Man : Erhard — the architect of the West German Wirtschaftswunder Shenoy elsewhere holds up as the model — is named in the closing reading list as one of the classical-liberal authors who define Shenoy's canon.

In CRISIS OF CONTROLS : Vaidya cites Ludwig Erhard's West German reform — where abolishing foreign-exchange controls caused shortages to vanish almost overnight — as the empirical proof of concept that dismantling controls releases productive energy rather than causing chaos.