Neoliberalism today operates through dispersed outer-ring institutions rather than a core membership
Evidence
The neoliberal thought collective is far more likely to be found nowadays in the outer rings of its dedicated institutional structures, in the numerous think tanks, news outlets, tied academic units, NGOs and shell foundations which litter the political landscape. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 509
Categorization
- XREF: This mapping of diffuse ‘outer ring’ institutional infrastructure resonates with network-style analyses of think tanks and Koch funding chains. — connects to: Neoliberal organization was deliberately structured as layered, opaque concentric circles — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 2119; Neoliberalism’s spread depended on transnational discourse networks rather than national institutions alone — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 2118; Neoliberalism’s cohesion comes from thought-collective structure, not explicit doctrine — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 916 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Neoliberal organization was deliberately structured as layered, opaque concentric circles
#corroborates(0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2119 - Neoliberalism’s cohesion comes from thought-collective structure, not explicit doctrine
#corroborates(0.82) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 916 - Neoliberalism’s spread depended on transnational discourse networks rather than national institutions alone
#corroborates(0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2118 - Neoliberalism rose to hegemony through transnational networks of scholars and allies
#corroborates(0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 81 - Neo-neoliberalism achieves ubiquity through replication rather than movement
#corroborates(0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1877 - Neo-liberal capitalism decentralizes authority yet intensifies domination.
#complicates(0.75) — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 141