Henry Simons independently converged on Hayek’s politics-economics synthesis in the 1930s

Evidence

In Chicago, Henry Simons also arrived at the conclusion that market advocates needed to do more to connect their economic ideas to a broader po liti cal philosophy. In this endeavor he came to see Hayek as a mentor and model. “There is no one now writing,” he wrote to Charles Anderson of Macmillan, “who, in my opinion, can equal Hayek in that crucial area common to economics and politics.” He shared Hayek’s goal of pursuing this line of inquiry without directly connecting himself to partisan debates. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 135

Categorization

• XREF: Simons as a second pillar of the Mont Pèlerin milieu alongside Hayek — reinforces the reader’s map of that network. — connects to: Henry Simons saw Keynes’s General Theory as a potential fascist economic bible. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 161; Hayek and Simons formed an intellectual alliance by 1939 — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 720

Broader Connections

• Hayek and Simons formed an intellectual alliance by 1939 #corroborates (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 720