Newspaper critics of the crisis are themselves cogs in the neoliberal discourse machine

Evidence

It is distressing that these writers, frequently champions of hard-nosed, tough-minded “analysis of reality,” fall short when it comes to serious analysis of the multipronged efforts to steer public discourse in certain targeted directions, the incongruous swerves that so vex their sensibilities. Perhaps worse, it seems evident someone like Krugman might be more than a little disconcerted to be told that he is as much a cog in this larger machine as John Cochrane, or any other bête noire. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 832

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to earlier chapters’ argument (ch.2 marketplace of ideas, ch.4 neoclassical economics under neoliberal sway) that the reader already has in the book_so_far. — connects to: Critics say democracy-collapse warnings echo the apocalyptic rhetoric they condemn — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 681; Economists lost control of crisis discourse to journalists—a sign of being caught unawares — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 464; Neoliberalism sustains itself through double-truth pretenses of spontaneous revolt masking top-down organization — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 210 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Economists lost control of crisis discourse to journalists—a sign of being caught unawares #complicates (0.75) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 464
• Neoliberal rationality discursively erases stratification and power differences among speakers. #expands (0.75) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 323
• Neoliberalism sustains itself through double-truth pretenses of spontaneous revolt masking top-down organization #complicates (0.72) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 210