Neoliberal doctrine must be distinguished from failures in its state implementation

Evidence

This is one place where I must demur from the otherwise perceptive Jamie Peck (“Zombie Neoliberalism and the Ambidextrous State”). Surely neoliberalism is beset with internal contradictions; but it is also important to have some appreciation for the lack of identity between the neoliberal program and the statecraft that can often fail in its implementation. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 1778

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Peck’s zombie-neoliberalism thesis and to the reader’s aim of advancing beyond standard left critiques; distinguishing program from implementation is a recurring theme across Mirowski’s work. — connects to: The IMF blamed implementation failures rather than reforming its Washington Consensus policies — Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous…, 444; Individual geoengineering project failures still serve the broader neoliberal project. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 935; Conditions driving empire and neoliberal failure remain, producing a ‘second Arab spring’ (+1 more)