Opponents of neoliberalism could not locate the intellectual roots of the 2008 crisis

Evidence

Yet the nightmare cast its shroud in the guise of a contagion of a deer-in-the-headlights paralysis: beyond their pretense of expertise, no one who fancied themselves opposed to neoliberal decadence really possessed solid convictions concerning where the intellectual failure behind the crisis should have been well and truly situated. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 16

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Left parties struggled to comprehend the swift neoliberal resurgence after 2008 — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 9; The 2008 crisis disoriented the left instead of vindicating its economic worldview — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 46; Neoliberalism’s opponents, not its own theory, collapsed after the crisis — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 25 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism’s opponents, not its own theory, collapsed after the crisis #expands (0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 25