Although recent studies have extensively traced the development of neoliberal ideas in international think-tanks since the late 1930s, scholars of early neoliberalism have paid far less attention to the translation of these ideas into policy. Current scholarship predominantly identifies the introduction of neoliberal policies with a paradigm shift among policymakers in the late 1970s and depicts the early neoliberal movement as an idea-centred and isolated phenomenon that was unable to put its ideas into practice. This article argues instead that early neoliberals employed an idea-centred approach to politics to establish a coalition of like-minded academics, journalists, politicians and policy officials. Focusing on the Netherlands, it demonstrates how this strategy brought neoliberals press coverage, influence within the Christian democratic parliamentary parties and acknowledgement among professional economists. On the one hand, their struggle to exert influence over policy matters contributed to the implementation of pro-market industrialization policies, which, ironically, were pursued by a coalition of social democrats and Christian democrats. On the other hand, it also compelled them to include Christian-democratic views in their political agenda, leading to a corporatist-neoliberal policy synthesis whose features exhibit remarkable similarities to German ‘ordoliberal’ ideas.

尽管自1930年代末以来，最近的研究已经广泛追踪了国际智囊团中新自由主义思想的发展，但早期新自由主义的学者对将这些思想转化为政策的关注却很少。当前的奖学金主要是在1970年代后期以决策者的范式转移来确定新自由主义政策的引入，并将新自由主义早期运动描述为一个以思想为中心的孤立现象，无法将其思想付诸实践。本文反而认为，早期的新自由主义者在政治上采用了以思想为中心的方法，以建立由志同道合的学者，新闻工作者，政治人物和政策官员组成的联盟。着眼于荷兰，它展示了这一策略如何带来新自由主义者的新闻报道，基督教民主议会党内的影响力以及专业经济学家的认可。一方面，他们为在政策问题上施加影响而进行的斗争促成了市场亲工业化政策的实施，具有讽刺意味的是，社会民主主义者和基督教民主主义者组成的联盟奉行这一政策。另一方面，它也迫使他们在其政治议程中纳入基督教民主主义的观点，从而导致了社团主义的新政政策综合，其特征与德国的“理念”思想有着显着的相似之处。是由社会民主主义者和基督教民主主义者组成的联盟追求的。另一方面，它也迫使他们在其政治议程中纳入基督教民主主义的观点，从而导致了社团主义的新政政策综合，其特征与德国的“理念”思想有着显着的相似之处。是由社会民主主义者和基督教民主主义者组成的联盟追求的。另一方面，它也迫使他们在其政治议程中纳入基督教民主主义的观点，从而导致了社团主义的新政政策综合，其特征与德国的“理念”思想有着显着的相似之处。