Atlas funded translations of liberal classics to spread free-market principles

Evidence

Atlas also fostered the diffusion of intellectual products across the network, including books, reports, memos, and videos. Convinced that “the widespread availability of pro-market books is a critical element in communicating the principles of a free society,” Atlas financed translations of the classics of liberalism, including books by Adam Smith, Hayek, Buchanan, and Friedman. The corpus evolved through time and Atlas also helped translate and diffuse texts produced by members of associated institutes, including de Soto, Goodman, and many others. In the 1990s, those texts championed private and market solutions with a particular focus on healthcare, welfare, and environmental issues. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 584

Categorization

• SEED: The specific strategy of translating a canonical corpus — Adam Smith to Hayek to Friedman to de Soto — across national languages is a concrete, under-examined mechanism of ideological diffusion worth an essay on how translation choices shape which ideas travel.
• XREF: connects to: The Atlas network co-produces and co-diffuses free market content across borders — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 597; Atlas multinationalized its ideology through translated web platforms capturing talent — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 567; Atlas pivoted from attacking universities to funding free-market courses within them — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 568 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The Atlas network co-produces and co-diffuses free market content across borders #corroborates (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 597
• Atlas multinationalized its ideology through translated web platforms capturing talent #expands (0.80) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 567