Neoliberalism frames free choice as exercised through secured commercial interaction.

Evidence

Free choice, on the neoliberal account, is best informed and exercised through interactive engagements with others. Through the free flow of commerce checked and bounded only by the security of agents, their social arrangements, and property. Commerce thrives when people can interact and mix. And preferences, after all, can only be successfully expressed and exercised in secure environments. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1788

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Neoliberal freedom is confined to market-compatible choices within a predetermined margin; Within neoliberalism, one’s theory of markets determines one’s definition of freedom — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 167; Neoliberal choice is a pretense limited by means, networks, and inherited position — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1599 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberal freedom is confined to market-compatible choices within a predetermined margin #corroborates (0.90)
• Neoliberalism redefined liberty as economic rather than political. #corroborates (0.90) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 380
• Neoliberal ‘freedom’ is internally redefined to mean market autonomy, not political liberty #expands (0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 166
• Within neoliberalism, one’s theory of markets determines one’s definition of freedom #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 167
• Market ideology functions to repress freedom rather than secure it #contradicts (0.80) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 600
• Neoliberal choice is a pretense limited by means, networks, and inherited position #qualifies (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1599
• Neoliberal freedom amounts to submission to market sovereignty enforced by price fluctuations #qualifies (0.75)
• Neoliberals conditioned self-government on accepting market discipline #expands (0.75) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 297