Geoengineering is the logical extension of neoliberal market-fix doctrine

Evidence

The final neoliberal fallback is geoengineering, which derives from the core neoliberal doctrine that entrepreneurs, unleashed to exploit acts of creative destruction, will eventually innovate market solutions to address dire economic problems. This is the whiz-bang futuristic science fiction side of neoliberalism, which appeals to male adolescents and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs almost as much as do the novels of Ayn Rand. Geoengineering is a portmanteau term covering a range of intentional large-scale manipulations of the earth’s climate, often proposed to counteract existing man-made climate change, such as global warming. It proudly flaunts the neoliberal precept that if the economy screws up, just double down on the same sorts of things you have been doing already. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 931

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘double down on the same sorts of things’ precept echoes the reader’s existing critique of how crisis legitimates policy retrenchment. — connects to: Neoliberal trade doctrine plus corporate reengineering drove offshore capital flight — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 171; Neoliberal doctrine holds every problem, even market-caused ones, has a market solution — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 177; Science denialism, carbon trading, and geoengineering together form a coordinated neoliberal climate strategy. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 926 (+4 more)
• SEED: The Ayn Rand / male adolescent / Silicon Valley resonance angle could anchor a piece on the psychology of geoengineering advocacy within tech culture.

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism holds that markets can solve the very problems markets create #expands (0.82) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2134
• Neoliberals pursued an engineered order rather than expecting free markets to emerge naturally #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1907
• Simulation games can model real-world environmental and geopolitical tradeoffs #exemplifies (0.75)