Attacks on “intellectuals” were a common refrain in the history of Mont Pèlerin and were not restricted to Hayek. See, for instance, Hartwell (1995, 161); Friedman (1962, 8). But of course the neoliberals don’t renounce all expertise—just the stuff they don’t like, as explained in this chapter, and in Mirowski (2007; Forthcoming b).

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 2166