This article by historian Quinn Slobodian is fascinating. Slobodian tells the story of the Hewlett Foundation’s attempt to “reverse-engineer the neoliberal project and replace it with a new economic paradigm”. Slobodian refers to this memo by Larry Kramer that triggered a substantial donation by the Hewlett Foundation (all together, $60 million) to “remake the intellectual … Continue reading Quinn Slobodian and some unlikely admirers of the Mont Pelerin Society