Neoliberal figures deliberately blurred their boundaries with rival right-wing factions

Evidence

See the letter from Smedley to Anthony Fisher dated June 25, 1956, quoted in Cockett, Thinking the Unthinkable, p. 131: “[I]t is imperative we should give no indication in our literature that we are working to educate the Public along certain lines which might be interpreted as having political bias … it might enable our enemies to question the charitableness of our motives.” — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 1829 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Intra-society factional warfare shaped the launch of rival neoliberal organizations — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 370; The early neoliberal network deliberately concealed its political-bias intentions from the public — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 1829; Neoliberals have readily allied with exclusionary and racist right-wing movements. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 24 (+7 more)

Related

• The early neoliberal network deliberately concealed its political-bias intentions from the public (similarity 0.88)
• Neoliberal think tanks deliberately concealed their political aims from the public in the 1950s. (similarity 0.82)
• Neoliberal intellectuals deliberately blurred distinctions between their doctrine and classical liberalism (similarity 0.82)
• Neoliberalism forms one distinct faction within a fractious New Right coalition. (similarity 0.80)
• Neoliberals reject naive laissez-faire in their internal thinking while professing it publicly (similarity 0.79)
• Many leading neoliberals actively aligned with exclusionary nationalist right-wing parties (similarity 0.79)
• Intra-society factional warfare shaped the launch of rival neoliberal organizations (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The early neoliberal network deliberately concealed its political-bias intentions from the public #corroborates (0.88) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 1829