Neoliberal intellectuals distrusted business leaders and sought to reeducate them

Evidence

Even though neoliberal intellectuals depended on corporate funding, only a few corporate leaders were admitted to the inner sanctum of the neoliberal thought collective. Intellectuals were deeply suspicious of the opportunistic pragmatism of postwar business leaders, many of whom had embraced corporatism and planning. Consequently, among the key tasks perceived by MPS leaders was a neoliberal reeducation of capitalists (cf. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 88

Categorization

• XREF: Contradicts the naive picture that neoliberalism was simply business writing its own ideology; the movement saw itself as needing to convert capitalists away from corporatism. — connects to: Neoliberals selectively attacked intellectuals they disagreed with while keeping their own expertise. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 2166
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 88

Broader Connections

• Neoliberals selectively attacked intellectuals they disagreed with while keeping their own expertise. #qualifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2166