Neoliberalism accommodated culturally pluralist thinkers beyond Friedman and Hayek

Evidence

How and why did a German Hayekian (Herbert Giersch) flourish during the alleged Monetarist takeover of MPS, advancing neoliberalism in the global trade policy and development arenas together with the Indian-born Depaak Lal during the 1980s? Lal conceptualized culture as central to his efforts to make a case for multiple roads to capitalism and neoliberalism, certainly not a key concern for either Friedman or Hayek. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 14

Categorization

• QUESTION: Lal’s culture-centered case for multiple roads to capitalism complicates the picture of a monolithic neoliberal canon; worth investigating Lal’s work directly.
• XREF: connects to: History has overshadowed key neoliberal figures besides Friedman and Hayek. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 23; Reading neoliberalism only through Friedman obscures its multiple strategies toward the public; Neoliberal intellectuals formed a thought collective as a unit — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 10

Broader Connections

• Neoliberal intellectuals formed a thought collective as a unit #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 10