Foundation patrons demanded control, rejecting purely theoretical liberal projects

Evidence

Luhnow expressed no interest in it and tellingly objected to Hayek’s “International Academy” because “experience has already proven in too many cases that it is almost impossible to keep control of organizations of this sort and, frankly, our main interest is in the proposition we outlined to you.” A modicum of control of any such organization was of paramount concern for its patrons: they were not willing to underwrite just any arbitrary conclave of self-identified political liberals. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 738

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies how the Volker Fund’s patronage operated — not ideological support but instrumental control over producing a specific layperson-friendly text.
• XREF: connects to: The Heritage Foundation reframed redistributive demands as attacks on free enterprise. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 424; Institutions only surrender contested cultural property when formally demanded — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard…, 1142

Broader Connections

• The Heritage Foundation reframed redistributive demands as attacks on free enterprise. #exemplifies (0.82) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 424
• Institutions only surrender contested cultural property when formally demanded #corroborates (0.75) — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1142