Understanding the rights-neoliberalism convergence requires treating neoliberalism as more than an economic doctrine.

Evidence

The economic transformations of this period were stark, from the rise of austerity and the retrenchment of state welfare provision to the commodification of public services, the deregulation of the finance sector and growing indebtedness. Consequently, critics of neoliberalism have homed in on its economic agenda. Nonetheless, I contend that we cannot understand why human rights and neoliberalism flourished together if we view neoliberalism as an exclusively economic doctrine. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 14

Categorization

• XREF: Directly engages the reader’s stated debate on the ethics of markets — this is the methodological pivot from economic critique to moral/discursive analysis. — connects to: Neoliberals reinterpreted inalienable rights as instruments to foster economic initiative — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 335; Neoliberalism redefined liberty as economic rather than political. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 380; Neoliberalism is a caricature of liberalism reduced to a theory of economic organization — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 2121 (+3 more)
• QUESTION: What non-economic components of neoliberalism does Whyte claim explain the convergence? Likely its moral and political philosophy.

Broader Connections

• Neoliberals reinterpreted inalienable rights as instruments to foster economic initiative #expands (0.82) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 335
• Neoliberalism is a caricature of liberalism reduced to a theory of economic organization #qualifies (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2121
• Neoliberalism economizes justice, sovereignty, and the rule of law #expands (0.80) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 32
• Neoliberalism redefined liberty as economic rather than political. #expands (0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 380
• Neoliberalism pivoted from the economy to the framework encasing it #expands (0.77) — Quinn Slobodian, Globalists, 88
• Neoliberalism fused philosophy of science and political economy against totalitarianism #expands (0.75) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 53