1. At the time when Germany faced a cumulation of political and economic power (a situation critically assessed by ordoliberals), U.S. scholars were also concerned about the political power of large corporations; see H. Simons, A Positive Program for Laissez Faire: Some Proposals for a Liberal Economic Policy;W Eucken;Economic Power And Economic Order, Eucken's London Lectures on Economic Policy and Two Essays on AntiMonopoly Policy,2001
2. Towards a Political Theory of the Firm