The term ‘neoliberalism’ was championed in 1939 by French industrialists and economists
Evidence
The second group of WLC participants from France were the industrialists. They were Louis Marlio, Marcel Bourgeois, Auguste Detœuf, and Ernest Mercier. Marlio, though working for the French energy industry, was likely the most academic among them and he also had a background in working for the League of Nations. He was entrusted with the mandate of becoming the first president of the Centre International d’Études pour la Rénovation du Libéralisme (CIRL) in 1939 following the WLC, and together with Baudin and Rüstow probably among the most enthusiastic champions of the term “neoliberalism.” — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 382
Categorization
- DEFINE: Shows the label ‘neoliberalism’ was actively embraced by its early exponents — a contested etymology relevant to how the term is used today.
- XREF: connects to: The term ‘neoliberalism’ was coined at the 1938 Colloque Walter Lippmann — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 775; The term neoliberalism first appeared in 1898 as a pejorative for neoclassical economics. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 2092; The Colloque first defined neoliberalism as framework-building rather than laissez-faire — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 281 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- The term ‘neoliberalism’ was coined at the 1938 Colloque Walter Lippmann
#corroborates(0.95) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 775 - The term neoliberalism first appeared in 1898 as a pejorative for neoclassical economics.
#contradicts(0.92) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2092 - The Colloque first defined neoliberalism as framework-building rather than laissez-faire
#contradicts(0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 281