The Society was an intellectual arena in which theoreticians of particular schools of thought—mainly ordoliberalism, the Austrian School, and the Chicago School—exchanged and confronted each other’s ideas. But the MPS was also a place to hobnob with some luminaries of the intellectual faction of the capitalist elites, persons in close contact with several highly influential businessmen (both in Switzerland and the United States) who supported the Society financially from its foundation. Thus, MPS discussions often began with theoretical issues but rapidly moved on to practical issues in direct connection with the types of problems that the capitalists had to confront, such as the union question.

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 955