Neoliberal advocacy outlasted the NIEO’s political viability as a threat

Evidence

Although one can dispute the extent to which the G-77’s agenda ever posed a clear and present danger to the existing order, it is evident that dedicated efforts to secure a liberal international economic regime continued well past the point at which the NIEO could be considered a viable threat. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1751

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader debunking of NIEO’s menace in this chapter and to Thatcher/Reagan-era free-market orthodoxy. — connects to: Neoliberals rebranded market restrictions as human rights abuses to contest the NIEO. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 429; The NIEO threat spurred the neoliberal counterrevolution in development policy — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1733; The 1981 Cancún summit marked the NIEO’s death-knell as market orthodoxy took over — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 422

Broader Connections

• The 1981 Cancún summit marked the NIEO’s death-knell as market orthodoxy took over #corroborates (0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 422