Neoliberal conference networks gradually shifted elite policy thinking before crises forced action

Evidence

The importance of these conferences, the related publicity work, and the follow-up process with politicians, central bankers, and the private sector during the rest of the 1960s cannot be overestimated. … As summarized by Triffin: “These discussions undoubtedly initiated a slow but radical evolution in the thinking of our official colleagues, preparing them at least for the decisions that were finally forced upon them by the events rather than as a deliberate choice many years later in 1971 and 1973.” — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 444

Categorization

• XREF: The pattern of policy change arriving via crisis after prior intellectual preparation echoes the Champagne Fairs’ institutional emergence and Milgrom’s ‘discount factor’ timing logic. — connects to: Neoliberal structural change ironically fueled statist planning and right-wing populism despite anti-statist rhetoric. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 303; Neoliberal organizations coordinated their strategy through shared conferences — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 326; Post-shock disorientation has been systematically exploited to ram through elite-favoring policies — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 17 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism rose to hegemony through transnational networks of scholars and allies #corroborates (0.90) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 81
• Neoliberal organizations coordinated their strategy through shared conferences #expands (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 326
• Neoliberalism survives crises through deliberate policy adaptability, not fixed doctrine. #qualifies (0.80) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 206
• Post-shock disorientation has been systematically exploited to ram through elite-favoring policies #qualifies (0.75) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 17
• Neoliberal meetings expected contestation rather than consensus #expands (0.75) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 371