The orthodox crisis narrative by 2010 blamed government policy for the crash.

Evidence

The dominant neoliberal narrative of the crisis, which had stabilized by 2010, blaming it entirely on government policies, is described below in chapter 5. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 1763

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s austerity reading list—the ‘blame government’ narrative that persists today. — connects to: The crisis-as-government-fault narrative was engineered to justify austerity — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 950; The crisis narrative blaming government interference absorbed leftwing grievances to defend market orthodoxy — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 496; Crisis commentary from 2008-10 shared one syllogism, that failure proves neoliberalism dying — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 93

Broader Connections

• The crisis-as-government-fault narrative was engineered to justify austerity #complicates (0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 950
• The crisis narrative blaming government interference absorbed leftwing grievances to defend market orthodoxy #expands (0.82) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 496
• Crisis commentary from 2008-10 shared one syllogism, that failure proves neoliberalism dying #corroborates (0.75) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 93