The Road from Mont Pelerin

The volume's contributors make heavy use of original archival materials and make good on the editors' promise to expose the complexity, nuance and plurality of neoliberal thought-a belief system that has constructed and re-constructed itself and the world... The Road from Mont Pelerin is indispensable for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of neoliberalism, whether as an end in itself or as a means for constructing alternative, non-neoliberal futures. -- Daniel Kinderman * Critical Policy Studies * The Road from Mont Pelerin reminds us that social movements succeed by drawing in many others who undertake the work that actually drives the movement forward. The book is full of stories of those individuals and related organizations that formed strategies, carried out the logistics and legwork, and brought legislators and others into contact with [Mont Pelerin Society] ideas. In other words, if you work on post-war history of economics, there is almost no reason not to read this book. -- Ross B. Emmett * Journal of the History of Economic Thought * The Road from Mont Pelerin uncovers and lays bare the origins of one of the most important political phenomena of our time-the development of the neoliberal discourse coalition that has come to shape the modern political economy. -- Frank Fischer, Rutgers University This excellent book contributes significantly to our understanding of the origins of neoliberalism and its transformation into political discourse and policy. -- Steven Lukes, New York University A fascinating and important book, one that speaks in radical, perceptive, and provocative ways to contemporary debates around neoliberalism. -- Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia

Philip Mirowski is Carl Koch Professor of Economics and the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame. Dieter Plehwe is a Senior Fellow at the Social Science Research Centre Berlin.

* Introduction Dieter Plehwe Part I. Origins of National Traditions * French Neoliberalism and Its Divisions: From the Colloque Walter Lippmann to the Fifth Republic Francois Denord * Liberalism and Neoliberalism in Britain, 1930--1980 Keith Tribe * Neoliberalism in Germany: Revisiting the Ordoliberal Foundations of the Social Market Economy Ralf Ptak * The Rise of the Chicago School of Economics and the Birth of Neoliberalism Philip Mirowski and Rob van Horn Part II. Arguing out Strategies on Targeted Topics * The Neoliberals Confront the Trades Unions Yves Steiner * Reinventing Monopoly and the Role of Corporations: Chicago School of Law and Economics Rob van Horn * The Origins of Neoliberal Economic Development Discourse Dieter Plehwe * Business Conservatives and the Mont Pelerin Society Kim Phillips-Fein Part III. Mobilizations for Action * The Influence of Neoliberals in Chile before, during, and after Pinochet Karin Fischer * Taking Aim at the New International Economic Order Jennifer Bair * How Neoliberalism Makes a World: The Urban Property Project in Peru Tim Mitchell * Postface: Defining Neoliberalism Philip Mirowski * Index