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The Walter Lippmann Colloquium

The Birth of Neo-Liberalism

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides the first available English translation of the Lippmann Colloquium, the formal birthplace of “neo-liberalism”

  • Places the Colloquium in its historical context; avoids a teleological interpretation

  • Explores themes developed in the Lippmann Colloquium that have an enduring relevance to contemporary economic and political liberalism, particularly in the aftermath of the Great Recession

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Jurgen Reinhoudt, Serge Audier
      Pages 3-52
    3. Colloquium Participants

      • Jurgen Reinhoudt, Serge Audier
      Pages 53-89
  3. Translation of the Walter Lippmann Colloquium

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
    2. Foreword and Opening Lectures of the Walter Lippmann Colloquium

      • Jurgen Reinhoudt, Serge Audier
      Pages 93-117
    3. Is the Decline of Liberalism Due to Endogenous Causes?

      • Jurgen Reinhoudt, Serge Audier
      Pages 119-128
    4. Liberalism and the War Economy

      • Jurgen Reinhoudt, Serge Audier
      Pages 129-137
    5. Liberalism and Economic Nationalism

      • Jurgen Reinhoudt, Serge Audier
      Pages 139-147
    6. Liberalism and the Social Question

      • Jurgen Reinhoudt, Serge Audier
      Pages 149-156
    7. The Agenda of Liberalism

      • Jurgen Reinhoudt, Serge Audier
      Pages 177-184
    8. The Theoretical and Practical Problems of a Return to Liberalism

      • Jurgen Reinhoudt, Serge Audier
      Pages 185-188
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 189-212

About this book

This book is an introduction to and translation of the 1938 Walter Lippmann Colloquium held in Paris, which became known as the intellectual birthplace of “neo-liberalism.” Although the Lippmann Colloquium has been the subject of significant recent interest, this book makes this crucial primary source available to a wide, English-speaking audience for the first time. The Colloquium features important—often passionate—debates involving well-known intellectual figures such as Walter Lippmann, Louis Rougier, Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, Michael Polanyi, Jacques Rueff, Alexander Rüstow and Wilhelm Röpke. Many of the topics addressed at the Colloquium, such as the proper methods of economic intervention, the relationship between the market economy and democracy, and the relationship between economic liberalism and political liberalism are issues that still vie for our attention in the aftermath of the Great Recession. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Jurgen Reinhoudt

  • University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France

    Serge Audier

About the authors

Jurgen Reinhoudt is Research Associate in the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, USA 


Serge Audier is Maître de Conférences in the Department of Philosophy at University of Paris-Sorbonne, France 




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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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