Mont Pèlerin economists helped manufacture ignorance after the 2008 crash

Evidence

With regard to the global financial and economic crisis, Mirowski (2013) has clarified the agnotological character of much of what has been going on in macroeconomics after the crisis, a story in which many Mont Pèlerin economists play a considerable role. Plehwe (2010) has examined the Mont Pèlerin debates and efforts to cope with the crisis, which essentially amounts to defending the status quo ante crisis. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 31

Categorization

• XREF: Mirowski’s agnotology concept connects to the reader’s broader reading on knowledge-production and information distortion. — connects to: Fogged public discourse enabled discredited economists to be rehabilitated after the crash. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 942; The Great Recession triggered a redoubling of deliberate ignorance production in economics — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 629; Economists obscuring knowledge during crisis stems from contradicting logics of expertise and market faith — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 655
• QUESTION: Agnotology — organized ignorance as deliberate strategy — deserves deeper study as a mechanism distinct from mere misinformation.

Broader Connections

• The Great Recession triggered a redoubling of deliberate ignorance production in economics #corroborates (0.78) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 629
• Economists obscuring knowledge during crisis stems from contradicting logics of expertise and market faith #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 655