Meyer rejected both traditionalists and market-fundamentalist economists as inadequate guides

Evidence

Meyer perceived, and rejected, the New Conservatism as a social philosophy in which the individual inquirer was always subordinated to the established logic of the group. At the same time, he was very clear that his criticisms of Kirk did not align him with the growing body of economists who emphasized free markets as a panacea for the problems faced by American society. Of all the disciplines that study human society, he situated economics as the “closest to an exact science” and “the farthest removed from philosophical competence, from the capacity to establish value.” — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 378

Categorization

• XREF: Meyer’s skepticism of market panaceas complicates the standard image of a unified pro-market right; connects to the MPS’s own internal tensions between economists and social philosophers. — connects to: Frank Meyer’s fusionism tried to reconcile laissez-faire economics with traditionalist conservatism — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 378

Broader Connections

• Frank Meyer’s fusionism tried to reconcile laissez-faire economics with traditionalist conservatism #expands (1.00) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 378