French employer organizations held radically divergent versions of postwar liberalism

Evidence

The neoliberalism of the Centre des Jeunes Patrons (CJP) was built on quite different foundations. It was inspired by Social Catholicism and by the ideal of a professional organization. The CJP advocated a “concrete liberalism,” while at the same time praising free enterprise, “fair” competition, and scientific management. Unlike trade employers, CJP members accepted nationalizations, if they related to real monopolies, and unlike the liberal Catholics, they supported the cooperation of workers and management via mixed committees. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 290

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader Cold War-era split between ‘concrete’ social-Catholic liberalism and radical anti-statist liberalism — relevant to reading on Cold War intellectual networks and the free-market revival. — connects to: French businessmen built pro-market advocacy groups with Cold War support. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 289; French neoliberalism split into administrative and radical faces that mutually supported each other — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 301; French neoliberalism fragmented after 1945 for lack of a coordinating institution — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 294 (+2 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 290

Broader Connections

• French neoliberalism split into administrative and radical faces that mutually supported each other #corroborates (0.95) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 301
• Religious and political heterogeneity prevented French neoliberals from building a unified network #expands (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 294
• French neoliberalism fragmented after 1945 for lack of a coordinating institution #contradicts (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 294
• Business conservatives funding the postwar right were not cleanly neoliberal #expands (0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1478