The Chicago School’s neoliberal network included prominent figures often thought hostile to it

Evidence

As a sign of the seriousness with which the offer was regarded, other participants in “the first Chicago discussions of the project [included] Jacob Viner, Robert Hutchins, Karl Brandt, and [Dean Robert Redfield],” in addition to Simons and Lutz, and most probably Aaron Director and possibly Milton Friedman. Since he is often thought to have been unsympathetic to the politics of those involved, the early and close participation of Hutchins, the soon-to-be chancellor of the University of Chicago, will prove important. Hayek, however, was not the only one who was ebullient about this prospect; so too was Henry Simons of the Chicago Law School. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 719

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader historiography of how the Mont Pèlerin network recruited mainstream American economists; relevant to reader’s study of the network’s formation. — connects to: The Chicago School’s founding figures were often marginalized or despaired of its creation. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 714; Neoliberal network activity blurred boundaries between national schools of thought — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 559; Neoliberalism developed in parallel national schools that rarely interacted despite shared MPS membership. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1077 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberal network activity blurred boundaries between national schools of thought #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 559
• Neoliberalism developed in parallel national schools that rarely interacted despite shared MPS membership. #contradicts (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1077