social market economy

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The social market economy is an economic system that combines free-market capitalism with strong social policies and state regulation to ensure social justice, fair competition, and broad-based prosperity.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic system
socioeconomic model
aimsFor broad-based prosperity
fair competition
social justice
alsoKnownAs Rhenish capitalism
soziale Marktwirtschaft
associatedWith Alfred Müller-Armack
Ludwig Erhard
Walter Eucken
basedOn free-market capitalism
combines market freedom
private ownership of the means of production
regulatory intervention
social protection
contrastsWith central planning
command economy
laissez-faire capitalism
developedIn Germany
emphasizes antitrust enforcement
co-determination in firms
collective bargaining
competition policy
full employment
price stability
social security systems
solidarity
state regulation
subsidiarity
welfare state policies
goal prevention of market abuses
protection of vulnerable groups
reconciliation of efficiency and equity
implementedIn Federal Republic of Germany
influencedBy Christian democracy
liberal economic thought
ordoliberalism
social Catholicism
inspired European Union economic model
originatedInPeriod post-World War II era
requires independent competition authorities
macroeconomic stability policies
strong legal framework
supports collective wage bargaining
labor rights
progressive taxation
public healthcare systems
public provision of education
redistribution of income
universal social insurance

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Wirtschaftswunder
economicPolicy

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