LSE and Chicago economists formed a tight transatlantic alliance against collectivism
Evidence
During the 1930s the leading economists at the LSE saw their counterparts at the University of Chicago as their closest intellectual and ideological allies outside Vienna. They invited two of Chicago’s most prominent fi gures, Jacob Viner and Frank Knight, to give lectures in London, and they cultivated a network of relationships between the departments that spanned the Atlantic. The strongest of these connections was between Lionel Robbins and Jacob Viner, who recounted their fi rst meeting in 1927 in terms more often used for romance than for discussions of theory. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 87
Categorization
- XREF: Establishes the London-Chicago-Vienna triangle that becomes the MPS’s transatlantic backbone; connects to Mirowski’s ‘neoliberal thought collective’ lineage. — connects to: The LSE and Chicago economics departments formed a prewar axis of free-market allies — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 87; Chicago economists shared LSE hostility to New Deal and Keynesian policy — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 88; Robbins recruited Hayek to the LSE as an ally against interventionist economics — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 68 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- The LSE and Chicago economics departments formed a prewar axis of free-market allies
#corroborates(0.95) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 87 - Chicago economists shared LSE hostility to New Deal and Keynesian policy
#corroborates(0.90) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 88 - Chicago economists led opposition to the New Deal and Keynesian doctrine
#corroborates(0.85) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 88 - Robbins recruited Hayek to the LSE as an ally against interventionist economics
#expands(0.80) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 68 - Hayek and Simons formed an intellectual alliance by 1939
#exemplifies(0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 720 - Neoliberalism rose to hegemony through transnational networks of scholars and allies
#expands(0.72) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 81