The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making of the Neoliberal Thought Collective, With a New Preface

Published by Harvard University Press 2015

The Road from Mont Pèlerin

The Making of the Neoliberal Thought Collective, With a New Preface

Edited by: Philip Mirowski and Dieter Plehwe

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674495111

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About this book

What exactly is neoliberalism, and where did it come from? This volume attempts to answer these questions by exploring neoliberalism’s origins and growth as a political and economic movement. Now with a new preface.

Author / Editor information

Mirowski Philip :

Philip Mirowski is Carl Koch Professor of Economics and the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame.Plehwe Dieter :

Dieter Plehwe is a Senior Fellow at the Social Science Research Centre Berlin.

Reviews

The volume’s contributors make heavy use of original archival materials and make good on the editors’ promise to expose the complexity, nuance and plurality of neoliberal thought—a belief system that has constructed and re-constructed itself and the world… The Road from Mont Pèlerin is indispensable for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of neoliberalism, whether as an end in itself or as a means for constructing alternative, non-neoliberal futures.
-- Daniel Kinderman Critical Policy Studies

The Road from Mont Pèlerin reminds us that social movements succeed by drawing in many others who undertake the work that actually drives the movement forward. The book is full of stories of those individuals and related organizations that formed strategies, carried out the logistics and legwork, and brought legislators and others into contact with [Mont Pèlerin Society] ideas. In other words, if you work on post-war history of economics, there is almost no reason not to read this book.
-- Ross B. Emmett Journal of the History of Economic Thought

The Road from Mont Pèlerin uncovers and lays bare the origins of one of the most important political phenomena of our time—the development of the neoliberal discourse coalition that has come to shape the modern political economy.
-- Frank Fischer, Rutgers University

This excellent book contributes significantly to our understanding of the origins of neoliberalism and its transformation into political discourse and policy.
-- Steven Lukes, New York University

A fascinating and important book, one that speaks in radical, perceptive, and provocative ways to contemporary debates around neoliberalism.
-- Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Dieter Plehwe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One. Origins of National Traditions
1. French Neoliberalism and Its Divisions: From the Colloque Walter Lippmann to the Fifth Republic François Denord Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
2. Liberalism and Neoliberalism in Britain, 1930–1980 Keith Tribe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
3. Neoliberalism in Germany: Revisiting the Ordoliberal Foundations of the Social Market Economy Ralf Ptak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
4. The Rise of the Chicago School of Economics and the Birth of Neoliberalism Rob Van Horn and Philip Mirowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Part Two. Arguing Out Strategies on Targeted Topics
5. The Neoliberals Confront the Trade Unions Yves Steiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
6. Reinventing Monopoly and the Role of Corporations: The Roots of Chicago Law and Economics Rob Van Horn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
7. The Origins of the Neoliberal Economic Development Discourse Dieter Plehwe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
8. Business Conservatives and the Mont Pèlerin Society Kim Phillips-Fein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
Part Three. Mobilization for Action
9. The Influence of Neoliberals in Chile before, during, and after Pinochet Karin Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
10. Taking Aim at the New International Economic Order Jennifer Bair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
11. How Neoliberalism Makes Its World: The Urban Property Rights Project in Peru Timothy Mitchell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	386
Postface:Defining Neoliberalism Philip Mirowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Audience: General/trade;College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 496

eBook

Published: November 16, 2015
ISBN: 9780674495111