Mont Pèlerin members saw depoliticized workplace partnership as compatible with free society.

Evidence

Interestingly, the main theme of debate turned out to be the participation of labor in the conduct of enterprise, something that presupposes the existence of an active partnership between the employer and the unions. Like Rappard in 1947, many MPS members were convinced that a program of labor leaders’ education in the benefits and necessity of adhering to principles of a free society should be a cornerstone of a neoliberal agenda. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 959

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Early Mont Pèlerin members held a friendly stance toward certain unions — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 957; French neoliberals treated consumer cooperatives as compatible with free markets — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 386

Broader Connections