As Germany's minister of economic affairs from 1949 to 1963, Ludwig Erhard crafted the plan for West Germany's post-World War II economic recovery, sometimes called the German "economic miracle." Only ...

When the economic council of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany) perceives the principles of the social market economy in danger, it rarely uses a delicate approach. Instead, it deploys ...

Everybody was wrong, including Ludwig Erhard. For weeks, the pollsters had been predicting a virtual tie between Erhard’s Christian Democratic Union and the opposition Social Democrats in West Germany ...

Ludwig Erhard seemed to be the incarnate symbol of prosperity. As economics minister of the young Federal Republic, he had become a legend. But as chancellor he soon found himself on the defensive. In ...

Troubles have been piling up for Ludwig Erhard ever since his Christian Democrats suffered a severe setback in July’s state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. Critics inside and outside his own ...

Former Chancellor Ludwig Erhard will go to Israel at the end of next month for a “private” visit as a guest of the Israeli Government, it was announced here today. He will be accompanied by his wife.