Soros’s INET inherited the Popper-Hayek divide over science and open society.

Evidence

This question has some bearing upon the attempt by George Soros to profess Popperian principles in his new organization INET and its response to the crisis. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 1895

Categorization

• XREF: Ties to the book’s broader account of how INET was folded back into the neoliberal thought collective after 2008. — connects to: The 1961 Tübingen Popper-Adorno debate failed to surface the real divide — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2402; The Popper-Adorno debate turned on pessimism versus reformist optimism about social change — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2414; Self-described new economic thinking at INET recycled old nostalgic tropes — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 13 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Self-described new economic thinking at INET recycled old nostalgic tropes #expands (0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 13
• MPS members preferred stricter ideological policing over Popper’s open debate #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 196