Neoliberal organization was deliberately structured as layered, opaque concentric circles

Evidence

The Russian Doll of neoliberal organization was never intended to be transparent; the central core was not supposed to be visible from the think tank perimeter. The way it has evolved over half a century is not very easy to comprehend because neoliberal intellectuals guarded their privacy and prerogatives well. However, both an in-house history (Hartwell 1995) and a critical history (Walpen 2004) have unscrewed the multiple layers to some extent, providing a general overview with regard to the evolution of the neoliberal thought collective. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2119

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘Russian Doll’ layering echoes the earlier analysis of overlapping think tanks and the secrecy norms in the diamond bourse extralegal regime — concentric informational opacity as a governance device. — connects to: Neoliberalism’s founders believed ideological change demanded deliberate collective organization — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 218; Neoliberal thought control is organized as nested institutions — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 124; Neoliberalism’s public rhetoric of open liberalism contradicted its actual closed, hierarchical organization — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 200 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism’s cohesion comes from thought-collective structure, not explicit doctrine #corroborates (0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 916
• Neoliberal intellectuals formed a thought collective as a unit #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 10