Left parties struggled to comprehend the swift neoliberal resurgence after 2008

Evidence

In 2010, we were ushered into a grim era of confusion and perplexity on the left. It took a rare degree of self-confidence or fortitude not to gasp dumbfounded at the roaring resurgence of the right so soon after the most dramatic catastrophic global economic collapse after the Great Depression of the 1930s. “Incongruity” seems too polite a term to describe the unfolding of events; “contradiction” seems too outmoded. Austerity became the watchword in almost every country; governments everywhere became the scapegoats for dissatisfaction of every stripe, including that provoked by austerity. In the name of probity, the working class was attacked from all sides, even by nominal “socialist” parties. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 9

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 2008 crisis disoriented the left instead of vindicating its economic worldview — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 46; Opponents of neoliberalism could not locate the intellectual roots of the 2008 crisis — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 16; Bifurcating politics and economics undermines left critique of neoliberalism — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 431 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• The 2008 crisis disoriented the left instead of vindicating its economic worldview #corroborates (0.93) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 46
• The 2008 crisis was expected to falsify neoliberal doctrine but did not #corroborates (0.90) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 80
• Opponents of neoliberalism could not locate the intellectual roots of the 2008 crisis #qualifies (0.80) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 16
• Left economists’ voluntary adherence to orthodoxy explains the left’s failure post-2008. #expands (0.78) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 58
• Bifurcating politics and economics undermines left critique of neoliberalism #expands (0.75) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 431