Neoliberalism converged with human rights activism around shared political aims.

Evidence

For the neoliberals, the competitive market was not simply a more efficient technology for the distribution of goods and services; it was the guarantor of individual freedom and rights, and the necessary condition of social peace. If neoliberal thinkers and human rights activists could find common cause, as I suggest they could, this is largely because the concerns of twentieth-century neoliberals were far less narrowly economic than existing accounts tend to allow. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 36

Categorization

• QUESTION: Whyte’s thesis that neoliberals and human rights activists found common cause is the core claim of the book - worth tracking how she substantiates it in later chapters.
• XREF: Foreshadows the book’s overall argument about the human rights reasoning embedded in market ethics; relevant to the reader’s interest in human-rights law intersecting economic policy. — connects to: Postwar human rights and neoliberal orders began from deep disagreement over welfare and planning. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 12; Post-UDHR human-rights activism narrowed from economic to civil rights in tandem with neoliberalism — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 13; Neoliberals actively shaped the postwar human rights discourse that later legitimized markets — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 40 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberal thinkers reframed human rights as protections for market freedoms. #exemplifies (0.90) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 56
• Neoliberals actively shaped the postwar human rights discourse that later legitimized markets #expands (0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 40
• Major human rights NGOs drew on the neoliberal account of rights. #expands (0.80) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 58
• Neoliberals reframed human rights as instruments of market submission #expands (0.80) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 120
• Neoliberals adopted human rights language to enshrine a moral order for global capital. #expands (0.80) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 65
• Neoliberals saw human rights standards as a way to depoliticize international economic relations #expands (0.80) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 450
• Neoliberals deployed human rights language to justify property rights and dismantling welfare #expands (0.80) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 7
• Human rights NGOs reinforced the neoliberal split between violent politics and peaceful markets #expands (0.75)
• Neoliberals framed human rights as a tool to enforce global standards protecting private capital #expands (0.75)