Only 17 at the outbreak of World War I, Ludwig Erhard came from modest circumstances in Bavaria. He attended school only to junior secondary level, and then entered a commercial apprenticeship at 16.

In the Black Forest resort where he was taking the health cure (TIME, March 9), Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard was confronted by laundry hampers full of mail. Thousands of letters and telegrams ...

It is high time to actively counteract this. Uncomfortable questions are traditionally asked at the Ludwig Erhard Summit at Lake Tegernsee, with a finger deliberately and particularly pointed at ...

Market-based approaches usually entail less bureaucracy, as they are based on general rules and require less state control and monitoring," said Sarah Necker, Director of the Ludwig Erhard ifo ...