Neoliberals actively engineered their post-crisis survival rather than winning by default

Evidence

But the neoliberals have not won by default—that would be a sorry interpretation of events. Neoliberals don’t let a serious crisis go to waste. Instead, the thought collective subsequently made a number of moves that cemented their triumph. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 23

Categorization

• SEED: The ‘thought collective as crisis-manager’ angle: an essay on how a self-conscious intellectual network actively converted crisis into consolidation.
• XREF: connects to: Neoliberals pursued an engineered order rather than expecting free markets to emerge naturally — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1907; Neoliberalism survives crises through deliberate policy adaptability, not fixed doctrine. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 206; Neoliberal crisis response expanded rather than shrank state power — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 288 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberals pursued an engineered order rather than expecting free markets to emerge naturally #corroborates (0.92) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1907
• Neoliberal continuity survived via pragmatic adjustment, not doctrinal purity #expands (0.88) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1615
• Neoliberalism survives crises through deliberate policy adaptability, not fixed doctrine. #corroborates (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 206
• Neoliberalism’s opponents, not its own theory, collapsed after the crisis #expands (0.78) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 25
• Neoliberal crisis response expanded rather than shrank state power #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 288
• Neoliberalism has a coherent crisis logic despite lacking fixed doctrine #qualifies (0.72) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 146
• Neoliberalism operates from a unified playbook despite surface variation #contradicts (0.72) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 917