After 2008 the neoliberal thought collective intensified capture of economics

Evidence

Far from withdrawing from the intellectual agonistic field, after brief disarray they redoubled their efforts to influence and capture the economics profession, which has also benefitted economists in weathering the crisis. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 975

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even anti-neoliberal orthodox economists now operate inside the profession’s neoliberal frame — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 2011; Mainstream elite economists from top universities mobilized as a hard-right bloc in 2011 — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 2051; Left economists’ voluntary adherence to orthodoxy explains the left’s failure post-2008. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 58 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• The economics profession and the Neoliberal Thought Collective symbiotically keep the financial system unaltered #expands (0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 674