Mont Pèlerin Society (MPS)

The Mont Pèlerin Society (MPS), a group of economists and intellectuals founded in 1947 that played a central role in developing and promoting neoliberal thought, organized around shared general values of classical liberalism and free markets.

Claims that use this term

• The MPS members pivoted from Nazi to Soviet totalitarianism as their main enemy.
• The MPS formally opened the question of market-compatible minimum welfare standards in 1947.
• The MPS was initially excluded from the postwar economics orthodoxy the Nobel committee promoted.
• The MPS represented the first peacetime-directed mobilization of the neoliberal thought collective.
• The MPS founding manifesto committed to general values, not specific programmatic aims
• The MPS self-conceived as a forum for universal principles, not national concerns.