Neoliberals and a conservative Christian delegate shared contempt for postwar welfarism.

Evidence

In post-war Europe and the United States, the neoliberals watched with horror as faith in the market was increasingly displaced by concerns with the welfare and economic security of the working classes. Malik likewise criticised the West for its wrong turn, and demanded its repentance for having offered the East only the ‘false Gods of modern Western civilization: nationalism, materialism, Communism’. To Malik’s despair, these ‘false Gods’ were embraced by many of his fellow diplomats during the drafting of the Declaration. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 142

Categorization

• XREF: Serves reader’s interest in the ethics of markets by showing the surprising anti-welfare alignment between the nascent neoliberal Mont Pelerin circle and a conservative Christian diplomat. — connects to: Postwar social-democratic welfare concerns displaced market faith, alarming both neoliberals and conservative diplomats. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 142; Neoconservatism and neoliberalism unite mainly through shared hatred of the welfare state
• QUESTION: Why does Whyte pair Malik with the neoliberals — does Malik’s Christian corporatism share deeper premises with market liberalism over the status of the economic?

Broader Connections

• Neoconservatism and neoliberalism unite mainly through shared hatred of the welfare state #expands (0.90)
• Postwar social-democratic welfare concerns displaced market faith, alarming both neoliberals and conservative diplomats. #corroborates (0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 142