The Walter Lippmann Colloquium

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 importantoften passionatedebates 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.

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

Autorentext
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

Klappentext
This book is a introduction to and translation of the 1938 Walter Lippmann Colloquium held in Paris, which became known 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 importantoften passionatedebates 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. The Colloquium is not only of historical importance. 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.
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Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Colloquium Participants.- 3. Foreword and Opening Lectures of the Walter Lippmann Colloquium.- 4. Is the Decline of Liberalism Due to Endogenous Causes?.- 5. Liberalism and the War Economy.- 6 Liberalism and Economic Nationalism.- 7. Liberalism and the Social Question.- 8. Psychological and Social Causes, Political and Ideological Causes of the Decline of Liberalism.- 9. The Agenda of Liberalism.- 10. The Theoretical and Practical Problems of the Return to Liberalism.