Neoliberal doctrine intensified rather than weakened after the 2008 crisis discredited it

Evidence

Mirowski makes an analogy with proponents of neoliberal economic doctrine, who — far from abandoning this doctrine after its discrediting in the crisis — held to it even more doggedly. This is what Miliband faced on Thursday. Blank stares of mesmerised true believers seven years after the saucers didn’t arrive. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1811

Categorization

• XREF: Casts the persistence of audience-mesmerising ideology as a Festinger-style cognitive-dissonance phenomenon, echoing the ‘no alternative’ capitulation theme. — connects to: The 2008 crisis was expected to falsify neoliberal doctrine but did not — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 80; The 2008 crisis reinforced rather than refuted neoliberal and orthodox economic doctrine — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 100; Neoliberalism has a coherent crisis logic despite lacking fixed doctrine — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 146 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• The 2008 crisis reinforced rather than refuted neoliberal and orthodox economic doctrine #corroborates (0.98) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 100
• The 2008 crisis was expected to falsify neoliberal doctrine but did not #expands (0.92) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 80
• Neoliberalism survived the 2008 crisis relatively unscathed. #corroborates (0.90) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 249
• Neoliberalism survives crises through deliberate policy adaptability, not fixed doctrine. #expands (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 206
• Neoliberalism has a coherent crisis logic despite lacking fixed doctrine #expands (0.78) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 146
• Neoliberalism intensifies rather than breaks with capitalist state form #expands (0.76) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1748
• The 2008 crisis strengthened rather than weakened the political right #qualifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 8
• The 2008 bailouts discredited neoliberalism but not capitalist realism itself. #complicates (0.72) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 161
• The 2008 bailouts discredited neoliberalism while powerfully reasserting capitalist realism. #complicates (0.72) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 161