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.

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