Henry Hazlitt

Mont Pelerin Society Founded with Volker Fund Support, Launching International Free-Market Network

1947-04-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Friedrich Hayek organizes the founding conference of the Mont Pelerin Society in Switzerland, establishing an international network of free-market economists and intellectuals that becomes the intellectual foundation for neoliberal economic policy worldwide. The William Volker Fund provides crucial …

Friedrich Hayek Milton Friedman Ludwig von Mises William Volker Fund Harold Luhnow +3 more mont-pelerin-society volker-fund free-market-ideology chicago-school corporate-funding +2 more

American Enterprise Association Moves to Washington to Oppose New Deal, Precursor to AEI Think Tank

1943-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The American Enterprise Association (AEA) moves its main offices from New York City to Washington, D.C. in 1943 to more effectively oppose the New Deal and capitalize on Congress’s need for help making sense of its vastly increased wartime portfolio. AEA was founded in 1938 by a group of New …

American Enterprise Association Lewis H. Brown Johns-Manville Corporation Henry Hazlitt Bristol-Myers +5 more american-enterprise-institute aei think-tanks new-deal-opposition corporate-funding +1 more