Neoliberal ‘spontaneous order’ rhetoric masked deliberately orchestrated institutional networks

Evidence

This also tended to foster the impression of those “spontaneous orders” so beloved by the neoliberals, although they were frequently nothing of the sort. Yet the loose coupling defeated most attempts to paint the thought collective as a strict conspiracy. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2114

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: ‘Manufactured spontaneity’ — how the neoliberal movement’s institutional engineering ironically disproves its own central metaphor.
• XREF: connects to: Neoliberalism’s founders believed ideological change demanded deliberate collective organization — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 218; The early neoliberal network deliberately concealed its political-bias intentions from the public — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 1829; Neoliberal thought control is organized as nested institutions — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 124 (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberals pursued an engineered order rather than expecting free markets to emerge naturally #corroborates (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1907
• Neoliberal spontaneous-order rhetoric masks theorists’ Schmittian power to define state sovereignty #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2196
• Neoliberal organization was deliberately structured as layered, opaque concentric circles #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2119
• Neoliberalism’s spread depended on transnational discourse networks rather than national institutions alone #qualifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2118