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Scaling the heights : thought leadership, liberal values and the history of the Mont Pelerin society : thought leadership, liberal values and the history of the Mont Pelerin society / Eamonn Butler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butler, Eamonn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (120 p.) ill
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Westminster, England : The Institute of Economic Affairs, [2022]
- Summary:
- The Mont Pelerin Society brings together individuals to defend, support and promote liberal values across the globe.
- Contents:
- Intro
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- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 What is the Mont Pelerin Society?
- The battle of ideas
- Strength through diversity
- 2 The prehistory of the Society
- The expansion of the state
- The Colloque Walter Lippmann
- Hayek's proposal
- The organisational challenge
- 3 The founding of the Society
- The practical challenge
- The weighty agenda
- Unity and disagreement
- Formulating a statement
- The Statement of Aims
- The choice of name
- 4 Early organisation of the Society
- Non-profit incorporation
- Early governance
- Organisational issues
- The Montreux decisions
- Sources of financial support
- 5 The early years
- Activism or academy?
- A second conference
- Capitalism and the Historians
- Unresolved and emerging issues
- 6 The Hunold affair
- Princeton and Oxford
- The Quarterly
- Compromises and departures
- 7 The meetings of the 1950s
- Intellectual concerns again
- A second conflict
- Moving on and outward
- Setbacks and successes
- 8 The challenges of the 1970s
- Friedman's concerns
- The anniversary meeting
- A paid assistant secretary
- Financial management
- The cost of meetings
- 9 Growth and recognition
- New people and new places
- Continuing debates
- Growth without (much) disagreement
- Size and publicity
- 10 Freedom and expansion
- Into Eastern Europe
- The death of Hayek
- Special meetings
- Other innovations
- Reaffirmation and improvement
- 11 Taking on the critics
- New York
- The returning threat
- The Society's critics
- Personnel changes
- 12 Shaping up for the twenty-first century
- New thinking in Hong Kong.
- Constitutional changes
- More programme innovations
- The pandemic years
- 13 Impact, strengths and challenges
- The Society's contribution
- Strength through diversity and debate
- The continuing challenge
- Further reading
- Participants at the inaugural meeting in 1947
- Meetings of the Society
- Presidents of the Society
- Secretaries
- Treasurers
- Nobel Laureates among Mont Pelerin Society Members
- About the IEA
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- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780255368193
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- OCLC:
- 1514636295
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