Hayek founded the Mont Pèlerin Society in 1947 to rebuild market advocacy networks.

Evidence

In the midst of the Great Depression, market advocates were acutely aware that the social philosophy of the free market inspired little support within either academic institutions or pop u lar politics. They sought to overcome their isolation by establishing networks of sympathizers who could work in conjunction to reexamine the philosophical foundations of their ideas and reconstruct the public pre sen ta tion of their arguments. … Many of these new or gan i za tion al forms emerged out of the membership of the Mont Pèlerin Society, a group founded by Friedrich Hayek in 1947 to provide an international gathering place for leading phi los o phers, economists, journalists, politicians, and philanthropists who supported the market mechanism. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 30

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the central object of the book — the Mont Pèlerin Society’s founding date, founder, and purpose — with the terminology the whole chapter revolves around.
• XREF: connects to: Hayek founded the Mont Pèlerin Society believing ideas, not interests, drive change — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 546; Hayek personally founded both the Chicago School and the Mont Pèlerin Society — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 765; Hayek saw the Chicago project and Mont Pèlerin as one strategy — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 736 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Hayek personally founded both the Chicago School and the Mont Pèlerin Society #corroborates (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 765
• Hayek saw the Chicago project and Mont Pèlerin as one strategy #expands (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 736
• The Mont Pèlerin Society was the first lasting institution of the postwar liberal revival #expands (0.85) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 145
• Mont Pèlerin founders framed market advocacy as skepticism against rigid laissez-faire ideals #qualifies (0.80) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 274
• The Mont Pèlerin Society deliberately networked academia, media, business, and politics from its founding. #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 128
• Hayek believed durable intellectual movements require cross-disciplinary transnational support networks #expands (0.80) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 238
• The socialist monopoly critique motivated the founding of the Mont Pèlerin Society. #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1074
• Hayek’s ethical-reconstruction ambition failed within the Mont Pèlerin Society #complicates (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 23
• Hayek reconciled intellectual credibility with donor accommodation in founding MPS #expands (0.75) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 260