Neoliberalism survived the 2008 crisis relatively unscathed.
Evidence
Starting from a heightened appreciation for the complexity and double truth of the neoliberal heritage, we can now make a fortified assault on this question: How did neoliberalism apparently come through the crisis unscathed? — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 249
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The 2008 crisis was widely read as ending the free-market era. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 538; The 2008 crisis strengthened rather than weakened the political right — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 8; The 2008 crisis was expected to falsify neoliberal doctrine but did not — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 80 (+12 more)
Broader Connections
- The 2007-8 crisis failed to dislodge neoliberal policy dominance.
#corroborates(0.95) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 609 - Crises have not discredited neoliberal governance
#corroborates(0.90) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 749 - Neoliberals actively engineered their post-crisis survival rather than winning by default
#expands(0.82) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 23 - The 2008 crisis replaced triumphalist free-market rhetoric with open-ended austerity
#qualifies(0.80) — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 158 - Neoliberalism survives crises through deliberate policy adaptability, not fixed doctrine.
#expands(0.75) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 206