Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part One: Origins of National Traditions
Chapter 1. French Neoliberalism and Its Divisions: From the Colloque Walter Lippmann to the Fifth Republic
The Legacy of the 1930s
Neoliberalism and the Dynamic of the Cold War
Two Opposing Neoliberalisms
Notes
Introduction
“Classical” Liberalism
Liberal Economics in Interwar Britain
Planning the War Economy
Postwar Liberalism as Neoliberalism
Notes
Chapter 3. Neoliberalism in Germany: Revisiting the Ordoliberal Foundations of the Social Market Economy
Some Peculiarities of Ordoliberalism (in Comparative Perspective)
The Historical Origins of Ordoliberalism: The Great Depression
The Nazi Era: Working on the Theoretical Foundations of Ordoliberalism
Ordoliberalism and Nazism
The Early Triumph of Neoliberalism: Ordoliberalism in the Era of West German Reconstruction
The Social Market Economy as the Launch Vehicle of Ordoliberal Concepts
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 4. The Rise of the Chicago School of Economics and the Birth of Neoliberalism
American Road Repairs: Hayek and Simons
Mont Pèlerin, Chicago, and the Postwar Construction of Neoliberalism
Road Kill in Chicago
Friedman Hits the Road
Notes
References
Part Two: Arguing Out Strategies on Targeted Topics
Chapter 5. The Neoliberals Confront the Trade Unions
The Sanguine Neoliberal Attitude toward Unions
The Neoliberal Big Chill
Reprise
Notes
References
Introduction
Chicago and the Ordoliberals Set Out in Sweet Harmony
Haunted by Classical Liberalism: The Early Years of the FMS
The Birth of Neoliberalism: Monopoly Is Not the Great Enemy of Democracy
Pro-Trust Antitrust: The Antitrust Project
Conclusion
Notes
References
Neoliberalism and Development (Economics) Reconsidered
When and How Did Development Arrive on the Neoliberal Agenda?
The Cold War and the Invention of Underdevelopment
Conclusion: 1950s Pluralism in Development Theory
Notes
References
Chapter 8. Business Conservatives and the Mont Pèlerin Society
Seeking a Bible of Free Enterprise
Finding the Prophet
Building the Church: The First American Meeting
Notes
Part Three: Mobilization for Action
Introduction
Setting the Stage
Radical Market Reform under Military Rule
Continuity of the Neoliberal Project after the Transition to Democracy
Conclusion: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Notes
References
Chapter 10. Taking Aim at the New International Economic Order
Revolution from Within? The New International Economic Order at the UN
Dissent on Development: Haberler, Brunner, Bauer, and Lal on Trade and Aid
The UNCTC and the Battle for a Code of Conduct
The Heritage Foundation’s United Nations Assessment Project
Notes
References
Chapter 11. How Neoliberalism Makes Its World: The Urban Property Rights Project in Peru
Notes
References
Postface: Defining Neoliberalism
Wayward Wikipedia
Mont Pèlerin as Criterion
A Neoliberal Primer
Freedom and the Double Truth of Neoliberalism
Notes
References
List of Contributors
Index