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http://www.flassbeck-economics.com/the-great-paradox-liberalism-destroys-the-market-economy/~~~~~~
The great Paradox: Liberalism Destroys the Market Economy
18. July 2019 Heiner Flassbeck
Capitalism is celebrated by liberals as a success story. But it was precisely the rule of liberalism that drove the market economy into a major crisis. A reflection on 70 years of post-war economy.
In the two pieces on a “world without interest” (to be found in German here and here) I have already explained why the current situation of the world economy differs so fundamentally from what for many decades was regarded as the model of the market economy. On the basis of new empirical evidence I want to deepen this in this series of articles and provide very concrete proof of what for the past 70 years we had merely suspected.
Anyone familiar with economic issues recognises the phenomenon: capitalism is an outstanding success story. To demonstrate this, one only has to compare the living conditions of today with those of 200 years ago. And indeed, one cannot seriously deny that there have been enormous successes over the past 200 years. At the same time, we know that these successes have by no means been uniform and steady, but were accompanies by enormous shocks and distortions that have repeatedly delivered blows to the system and with it to the wellbeing of working people.
The living conditions for the large mass of people in the industrialised countries have by no means improved continuously since the beginning of industrialisation. Workers had to fight hard to be allowed to participate at all in the wealth opportunities created by the capitalist market economy. A hundred years ago it was by no means certain that the progress that had been made by then would be sustainable.
It was only in the past 70 years, i.e. since the Second World War, that the participation of the masses was realised on a large scale. And that, too, applies only to the Western industrialized countries. In the developing countries, the systematic participation of the mass of workers in the fruits of production is still the exception (which can be found above all in Asia) and not the rule. Consequently, in this seemingly successful system, in addition to great absolute poverty, there are still billions of people who live from hand to mouth and can barely keep their heads above water.30 years of success: Bretton Woods and Keynesianism
It is obvious that the post-war period, especially the 20 years from 1950 to 1970, produced absolutely outstanding results in terms of income development, employment and employee participation. In Germany, this phase is often ascribed to the German economic miracle and benign German politics (under Ludwig Erhard). But this is one of the many myths which people in Germany trot out when it comes to glorifying their own achievements. The era of the Bretton Woods system was a time of great prosperity in the entire industrialized world and some countries were more successful than Germany. But the developing countries associated with the system also benefited and developed better than before and later. This means that there must have been reasons for this global success story, which went far beyond German peculiarities and the actions of people in Germany.
Nevertheless, as Figure 1 shows, the real growth rates in Germany during these years were more than impressive from today’s perspective. In the first ten years, the average growth rate of income in the economy as a whole was 8.3 percent. And even from 1961 to 1970, 4 ½ per cent was still achieved, although the first recession had occurred in 1967.
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