The French neoliberal network collapsed during World War II as its members scattered politically.

Evidence

World War II put an abrupt end to these experiments. The war economy and the structural reforms planned by the Resistance, or Free French, and the Vichy regime helped marginalize neoliberalism. Faced with the arbitrary nature of the governing authority, the original group of French neoliberals split. A minority joined the Resistance (Raymond Aron, René Courtin, Gaston Leduc, Robert Marjolin), some neoliberals played an important role in the Vichy regime (Joseph-Barthélemy, Emile Mireaux, Henri Moysset), while others preferred not to commit (Charles Rist) or left the country (Louis Marlio). The disintegration of the group was all the quicker because its existence depended on a few key individuals, particularly Louis Rougier. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 284

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the fragility of small intellectual networks dependent on key individuals, echoing how the Mont Pèlerin Society itself was built around central conveners. — connects to: World War II scattered early neoliberal organizers and recast their enemy as socialist planning — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 111; French neoliberalism fragmented after 1945 for lack of a coordinating institution — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 294; Religious and political heterogeneity prevented French neoliberals from building a unified network — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 294 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 284

Broader Connections

• French neoliberalism fragmented after 1945 for lack of a coordinating institution #contradicts (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 294
• Political defeat in 1944 paradoxically cleared ground for the later rebirth of French liberalism. #complicates (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 285
• Religious and political heterogeneity prevented French neoliberals from building a unified network #qualifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 294