Even though neoliberal intellectuals depended on corporate funding, only a few corporate leaders were admitted to the inner sanctum of the neoliberal thought collective. Intellectuals were deeply suspicious of the opportunistic pragmatism of postwar business leaders, many of whom had embraced corporatism and planning. Consequently, among the key tasks perceived by MPS leaders was a neoliberal reeducation of capitalists (cf.

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 88