Perceived Third World radicalism mobilized support for counter-revolutionary economics

Evidence

The Third World’s perceived radicalism generated a sense of alarm in certain quarters that helped mobilize support for positions and policies that were being advocated in some academic and political circles. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1735

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader historiography of how threats (real or perceived) catalyze intellectual movements — same dynamic as the Mont Pèlerin Society’s origin in reaction to collectivism in earlier chapters. — connects to: Third World liberation movements were the strongest contemporary force for radical change; US strategy redefined Third World poverty as self-inflicted, defeating redistributive claims. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 425; Humanitarian NGOs like LSF emerged partly to discredit Third Worldist economic critique — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 394 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberals tarred Third World redistribution schemes as totalitarian #exemplifies (0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 427