Williamson rejected this characterization of the WC and has written in rebuttal: “I use the word ‘neoliberalism’ in its original sense, to refer to the doctrines espoused by the Mont Pèlerin Society. If there is another definition, I would love to hear what it is so that I can decide whether neoliberalism is more than an intellectual swear word” (Williamson 2004, 2; emphasis added). Instead of subjecting the aforementioned “MPS doctrines” to closer scrutiny, Williamson maintained that he himself was not an advocate of the “policy innovations” of the Reagan and Thatcher administrations, except for privatization.

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 91