William Simon

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William Simon co-founded the Institute for Educational Affairs with Irving Kristol. As Treasury Secretary he advised Gerald Ford against bailing out New York in 1975, a development that eventually ushered in the neoliberal turn.[1] He later went on to head the ultra-conservative Olin Foundation.

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References

  1. David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism (Oxford University Press, 2004), p.46