Postwar social-democratic welfare concerns displaced market faith, alarming both neoliberals and conservative diplomats.

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: Connects to the debate on market ethics the reader is pursuing — the alignment between conservative Third World diplomats like Malik and Western neoliberals against welfare-state liberalism. — connects to: Neoliberals attacked welfare as a threat to family, race, and dignity — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 178; Free-market liberalism and traditionalist conservatism were irreconcilable uneasy allies — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 375; Postwar social welfare reframed civilisation as material betterment, alarming market liberals. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 143 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberals attacked welfare as a threat to family, race, and dignity #expands (0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 178
• Free-market liberalism and traditionalist conservatism were irreconcilable uneasy allies #expands (0.82) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 375