Mises Daily
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John Zmirak
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Born in 1899 in Schwarmstedt, Germany, Wilhelm Röpke would become one of the most distinguished economists of his day. Acknowledged as a peer by such eminents as Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich von Hayek, Röpke was a key intellectual architect of postwar prosperity in Europe. Ludwig Erhard, economic director in postwar western Germany (and later