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Where did Ludwig Erhard adopt the social market economy from?

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Walter Eucken was a German economist who is considered to be the founder of the social market economy. Ludwig Erhard, the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, adopted the social market economy as the foundation for the economic policies of his government. The social market economy is a free-market economy that is regulated by the government in order to ensure that it operates in a socially responsible manner.
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