Since any analytical statements that delve into neoliberal practice have to avoid the Scylla of conspiracy theories as well as the Charybdis of endorsement of their trademark notions of spontaneous order, it will be necessary to insist that their contemporary full-spectrum approach to politics has not been comprehensively described anywhere by any of the major neoliberal thinkers. The approach instead grows directly out of their hallmark organization of the thought collective, in conjunction with their specific theoretical commitments concerning the role of knowledge in markets. In other words, the Russian doll organization of Mont Pèlerin, affiliated think tanks, dedicated funding agencies, academic units, and astroturf operations is nicely suited to promote seemingly alternative policies emanating from different compass points within the hierarchy of the NTC; what melds this policy entrepreneurship into a monolithic agenda is precisely the sociology of knowledge that grows out of their core epistemological commitments.

Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis …, loc. 916