The Golden Age of Conservative Intellectuals
When was the Golden Age of Conservative Intellectuals? It is easy to say when the Golden Age began; April 1947 at the first meeting of the Mont Pelerin society. Among those in attendance were:
- Maurice Allais, Paris
- Aaron Director, Chicago
- Walter Eucken, Freiburg
- Milton Friedman, Chicago
- F. A. Harper, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York
- F. A. Hayek, London
- Henry Hazlitt, New York
- Bertrand de Jouvenel, Chexbres, Vaud
- F. H. Knight, Chicago
- Fritz Machlup, Buffalo
- Ludwig von Mises, New York
- Felix Morley, Washington, D.C.
- Michael Polanyi, Manchester]
- Karl R. Popper, London
- William E. Rappard, Geneva
- Leonard E. Read, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York
- Lionel Robbins, London
- Wilhelm Ropke, Geneva
- George J. Stigler, Providence, Rhode Island
- C. V. Wedgwood, London
(Full list here). It’s more difficult to say when the Golden Age ended. If I had to pick a date I’d say at a moment of triumph, November 9, 1989.