IP enclosure proceeded without consulting neoliberal knowledge-economy theorists.

Evidence

While the shift of Chicago School economists towards a more charitable perspective on market concentration and monopolies helped lay the intellectual groundwork for the new policies, the global enclosure of ideas took place without consulting the original theorists of the knowledge economy. Under TRIPS, Hayek’s sea of ignorance was parceled off into real estate. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 200

Categorization

• XREF: ‘Hayek’s sea of ignorance parceled off into real estate’ is striking against earlier reading of Hayek’s spontaneous-order epistemology. — connects to: Neoliberals have never been unanimous or doctrinaire supporters of intellectual property rights. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 165; Neoliberal support for IP rights was contingent on competitive-order goals, not reflexive. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 166; Most neoliberals resolved the IP question conservatively through consequentialist reasoning — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 192 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Most neoliberals resolved the IP question conservatively through consequentialist reasoning #contradicts (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 192