Early macroeconomic expertise predated formal macroeconomics in League economists

Evidence

While his clarity and strong convictions in this area qualified him for membership in the Mont Pèlerin Society, it was his capacity in the field of macroeconomics avant la lettre that qualified him for the League’s roster of economists and the WLC in the first place. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 390

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the concept of macroeconomics existing ‘avant la lettre’ before the term was formalized.
• XREF: connects to: Hayek’s institute drove the League of Nations’ Danubian Economic Study. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 397; Haberler’s career spanned the Austrian school, League of Nations, Harvard, and AEI. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1757

Broader Connections

• Hayek’s institute drove the League of Nations’ Danubian Economic Study. #complicates (0.75) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 397
• Haberler’s career spanned the Austrian school, League of Nations, Harvard, and AEI. #corroborates (0.70) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1757