Neoliberal structural change ironically fueled statist planning and right-wing populism despite anti-statist rhetoric.

Evidence

Giersch’s dynamic reasoning has subsequently been vindicated by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the ongoing and massive neoliberal transformation of welfare state capitalism in the OECD world. Dynamics of structural change unsettled most national and regional economies, which ironically became increasingly subject to strategic planning, both public and private, precipitating the neo-nationalist rise of right-wing populism following the global financial crisis. Contrary to anti-statist rhetoric, the (competition) state has been charged with advancing the neoand post-Schumpeterian notions of entrepreneurship through regional, educational, economic, and even social policies. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 303

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the austerity/neoliberalism map the reader is building — the ‘competition state’ and the paradox that anti-statist transformation required strong state action. — connects to: Right-wing populists continue rather than challenge capitalist austerity. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 43; Right-populist leaders’ policies continue austerity despite anti-establishment rhetoric — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 43; Neoliberal rhetoric evokes free markets while quietly relying on a strong state — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 26 (+7 more)
• SEED: Article angle: how competitive-state entrepreneurialism produced the very populist backlash it claimed to prevent.

Broader Connections

• Right-populist leaders’ policies continue austerity despite anti-establishment rhetoric #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 43
• Right-wing populism operates on genuinely material contradictions #corroborates (0.85)
• Unequal austerity generates populism, nationalism, and violent movement instead of revenue #expands (0.82) — Mark Blyth, Austerity, 63
• Neoliberal rhetoric evokes free markets while quietly relying on a strong state #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 26
• Neoliberalism’s political character was ambiguous from the start, with left and right currents blurring #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 103
• Neoliberal core ideas mutate to fuse with both left and right worldviews. #complicates (0.78) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 31
• Neoliberalism was an ideological veneer only loosely resembling actual capitalism #qualifies (0.72) — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 220
• Neoliberalism’s founders believed ideological change demanded deliberate collective organization #corroborates (0.72) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 218
• Neoliberal conference networks gradually shifted elite policy thinking before crises forced action #expands (0.72) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 444