Neoliberalism’s 1980s breakthrough rested on decades of prior institutional groundwork

Evidence

Although the language dealt in terms of “markets” and “consumers,” the reality was a vertically integrated set of operations, whose outlines were apparent by the 1980s. The expansion of the think-tank shell proceeded apace with the expansion of the MPS presence, as revealed in Figure 2.1. One can appreciate the amount of groundwork that had preceded the “breakout” decade of the 1980s for the neoliberal project described by Fink from this and other indicators of the activities of the thought collective. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 128

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how/why neoliberalism survived 2008 — the pre-crisis institutional density explains post-crisis resilience. — connects to: Conservative foundations funded unorthodox ideas decades before the think tank boom — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 322; Neoliberalism emerged across the mid-twentieth century, not as a 1980s rebellion — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 86; Neoliberalism’s origins long predate the 1980s Democratic Party. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 21 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism emerged across the mid-twentieth century, not as a 1980s rebellion #corroborates (0.95) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 86
• Neoliberalism’s core concepts formed in the 1930s through networked institutions #corroborates (0.95) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 352
• Neoliberalism’s origins long predate the 1980s Democratic Party. #corroborates (0.90) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 21
• Neoliberal development thought began decades before its late-1970s influence. #corroborates (0.90) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1264
• German neoliberal economists shaped policy from the republic’s founding through the 1980s turn #exemplifies (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 654
• Neoliberal institutions aimed to build a new creed, not revive old liberalism #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 773