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The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) is an international organization composed of economists (including eight winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences), philosophers, historians, intellectuals, business leaders, and others committed to their understanding of personal and political freedom.〔Michael Novak, 'The Moral Imperative of a Free Economy', in ''The 4% Solution: Unleashing the Economic Growth America Needs'', Bush Institute, Crown Business, 2012, p. 294〕 Its founders included Friedrich Hayek, Frank Knight, Karl Popper, Ludwig von Mises, George Stigler, and Milton Friedman.〔 The society advocates freedom of expression, free market economic policies, the political values of an open society. Though its foundations and emphasis lie in classical liberalism, Marxist social theorist David Harvey credited MPS with spreading neoliberalism. ==Aims== In its "Statement of Aims", 8 April 1947, the scholars were worried about the dangers faced by civilization. The group also stated that it is "difficult to imagine a society in which freedom may be effectively preserved" without the "diffused power and initiative" associated with "private property and the competitive market", and found it desirable inter alia to study the following matters:〔 # "The analysis and exploration of the nature of the present crisis so as to bring home to others its essential moral and economic origins. # The redefinition of the functions of the state so as to distinguish more clearly between the totalitarian and the liberal order. # Methods of re-establishing the rule of law and of assuring its development in such manner that individuals and groups are not in a position to encroach upon the freedom of others and private rights are not allowed to become a basis of predatory power. # The possibility of establishing minimum standards by means not inimical to initiative and functioning of the market. # Methods of combating the misuse of history for the furtherance of creeds hostile to liberty. # The problem of the creation of an international order conducive to the safeguarding of peace and liberty and permitting the establishment of harmonious international economic relations."〔 The group "seeks to establish no meticulous and hampering orthodoxy", "conduct propaganda" or align with some party. It aims to facilitate "the exchange of views – to contribute to the preservation and improvement of the free society.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mont Pelerin Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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