Postwar market advocates reread Simons and were shocked by his views

Evidence

Simons was both more po liti cally engaged and a more strident public defender of capitalist forms of social or ga ni za tion than either Viner or Knight. As market advocacy began to gain traction after World War II, some of its leading fi gures therefore turned to his work in the hope of fi nding support for their ideas. They were appalled at what they discov- ered. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 107

Categorization

• QUESTION: What exactly did the postwar generation find appalling in Simons, and how did they reconcile it? Likely to be answered later in the chapter/book — worth tracing the reinterpretation.
• XREF: connects to: Early Chicago economist Simons backed progressive taxes and corporate breakup — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 106; Simons’s anti-power liberalism embarrassed later Chicago economists — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 807; Viner saw Simons’s polemical style as violating the academic ideal of objective analysis. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 113 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Simons’s anti-power liberalism embarrassed later Chicago economists #exemplifies (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 807
• Viner saw Simons’s polemical style as violating the academic ideal of objective analysis. #qualifies (0.70) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 113