7. Rüstow (1950, 50) formulated his opinions in the same vein: “competition pure . . . means complete incoherence, complete shortage of social viscosity where it alone rules social relationships. A fortiori it depends in complementary ways and as a precondition on the counterweight of strong framing forces of a different kind, on ethical and sociological ties that are otherwise secured.”

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 567