Postwar France rejected the liberalism-versus-intervention dichotomy, keeping both.

Evidence

Following the Liberation, the question was no longer one of choosing between liberalism and state intervention: only the methods of interventionism remained to be determined. The structural reforms endowed the state with a powerful means of intervention (nationalization of the credit system, energy, transportation); moreover, trade unions now played a significant role, and regulations were pervasive. Nevertheless, the market economy was preserved. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 295

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the chapter’s framing of two opposing neoliberalisms — France’s hybrid model sits against Anglo-American purism.
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  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 295