What Is Neoliberalism?
Historians debate who coined it, but the term first appeared between the world wars.
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1.When does the earliest reference to neoliberalism found by two researchers date from?
Historians debate who coined it, but the term first appeared between the world wars.
2.What did the German Freiburg School mean by the word?
That went beyond a night-watchman state, and in the 1940s Alfred Muller-Armack coined the phrase social market economy.
3.What did the 1947 Mont Pelerin statement name as pillars of a free society?
The statement never uses the word neoliberal and says it aligns with no party.
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Sources (5)
- Boas, T. C., Gans-Morse, J.: Neoliberalism: From New Liberal Philosophy to Anti-Liberal Slogan, Studies in Comparative International Development 44 (2), 2009, S. 137-161
- Mont Pelerin Society: Statement of Aims, 8. April 1947
- Ostry, J. D., Loungani, P., Furceri, D.: Neoliberalism: Oversold?, Finance & Development 53 (2), June 2016 (IMF)
- Hayek, F. A. von: The Pretence of Knowledge, Nobel-Vortrag 11.12.1974
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