Mont Pèlerin’s economic focus attracted libertarian over traditionalist members

Evidence

In refusing Friedman’s request, Kristol indicated that the Mont Pèlerin Society suffered from an excessive emphasis on economics, which led its members to adopt “libertarian,” as opposed to “traditionalist,” ideals. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 529

Categorization

• DEFINE: Draws the libertarian-traditionalist distinction that structured neoconservative vs libertarian splits.
• XREF: connects to: Free-market ideology converged with right-wing religious conservatism at Mont Pèlerin — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 207; Mont Pèlerin founders deliberately adopted progressive rhetoric to defend markets after the Depression — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 276

Broader Connections

• Free-market ideology converged with right-wing religious conservatism at Mont Pèlerin #complicates (0.78) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 207
• Mont Pèlerin founders deliberately adopted progressive rhetoric to defend markets after the Depression #expands (0.75) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 276