Neoliberals saw the post-1989 world as a winning proselytizing field

Evidence

Speaking at the 28th Atlas International Workshop in Istanbul in 1996, Deepak Lal, economist and MPS member, rejoiced that “the intellectual battle was being won.” The fall of the Berlin Wall, the acceleration of globalization, and the impact of the Pinochet, Thatcher, and Reagan “revolutions” meant that ever more regions of the world were targets of neoliberal proselytism. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 553

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: the internal confidence/victory narrative of a movement often portrayed as defensive or covert—the asymmetry between public denial and private triumphalism.
• XREF: connects to: Neoliberalism’s durability rested on transforming culture and winning over former opponents — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1607

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism’s durability rested on transforming culture and winning over former opponents #exemplifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1607