The MPS network circulated unpublicized development thinking through journal publications

Evidence

Unlike a collection of papers given at the Beauvallon conference on the related topic of “Capitalism and the Historians,” which was subsequently published, the plan to publish the papers on “Liberalism and Underdeveloped Countries” failed. While Mötteli’s (1951) report on the development discussion does not provide much detail with regard to the content of the first neoliberal deliberations in the development field, we can learn a bit more about the content of the MPS meeting’s papers and discussions by reading Wilhelm Röpke’s subsequently (1953) published article. It appeared in the fifth issue of ORDO, the premier neoliberal academic journal in Germany (founded by MPS members Walter Eucken and Franz Böhm), and benefited tremendously from the neoliberal network of intellectuals and their encounter at MPS meetings. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1283

Categorization

• XREF: Röpke’s ORDO publication shows the informal network operating as an information-diffusion institution, paralleling Milgrom’s account of how communities circulate reputational information. — connects to: The MPS constituted an early intellectual network of development economics — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1289; Neoliberal network activity blurred boundaries between national schools of thought — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 559

Broader Connections

• The MPS constituted an early intellectual network of development economics #expands (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1289
• Neoliberal network activity blurred boundaries between national schools of thought #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 559