While Reuter (1999, 72) recognizes the agreement of the neoliberal founding papers with Schmitt's analysis of the state, "they did not draw his conclusions." According to Reuter, "the difference is clear: Rüstow demanded the return of the liberal state, which additionally was to be in charge of protecting competition by establishing rules and supervising compliance." Milene Wegmann (2002) completely missed the double meaning of the term total state in her effort to contradict researchers who have correctly emphasized a close relationship between Rüstow's and Schmitt's state theory.

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 577