Neoliberalism rebranded itself through property-titling antipoverty programs.

Evidence

A new drive to identify liberalism in a positive way can finally be detected in the unlikely sphere of antipoverty politics. In Chapter 11, Tim Mitchell reexamines the expertise generated by Hernando de Soto’s think tank in Peru in support of titling programs, an alternative promoted by neoliberal forces instead of traditional welfare and antipoverty programs. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 164

Categorization

• XREF: The rebranding-of-neoliberalism-through-poverty angle overlaps with the reader’s interest in how the network kept legitimacy after setbacks like the Washington Consensus collapse. — connects to: Neoliberals have repeatedly appropriated left-wing ideas and twisted them to their own purposes. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 21; TARP was framed as market construction, mirroring emissions-trading as a neoliberal instrument. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 943; European neoliberals aimed to depoliticise society by turning proletarians into property-owning entrepreneurs — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 986 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 164

Broader Connections

• European neoliberals aimed to depoliticise society by turning proletarians into property-owning entrepreneurs #exemplifies (0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 986