Neoliberal organizations coordinated their strategy through shared conferences

Evidence

The Association de la libre entreprise organized a conference that gathered all these organizations in Paris in October 1950 to compare their means of action (booklets, conferences) and their goals (HIA, MPS, Box 31, Folder 8). We can here find an illustration of the “Russian Doll” thesis explained in the Postface to this volume by Philip Mirowski. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 326

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘Russian Doll’ nested-organizations thesis connects to discussions of how the MPS and allied institutes layered their activities. — connects to: Science denialism, carbon trading, and geoengineering together form a coordinated neoliberal climate strategy. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 926; Neoliberal conference networks gradually shifted elite policy thinking before crises forced action — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 444; Atlas workshops matured from policy promotion to think tank management strategy — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 594 (+7 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 326

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism rose to hegemony through transnational networks of scholars and allies #corroborates (0.82) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 81
• Neoliberalism’s spread depended on transnational discourse networks rather than national institutions alone #corroborates (0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2118
• Neoliberalism’s core concepts formed in the 1930s through networked institutions #corroborates (0.72) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 352