One of the great success stories of the NTC has been its ability to keep close tabs on fellow travelers situated among the heathen, so when and if the crunch comes, they might end up controlling “both sides” of any momentous debate. As described in chapter 6, neoliberal politics is generally (at least) a full-spectrum procedure, wherein a neoliberal-inspired “amelioration policy” is frequently paired with a harder-right “market solution.” Think, for instance, of the American “insurance mandate” paired with full privatization of Medicare. Indeed, what greater guarantee of control of the parameters of intellectual possibility could follow an Ayn Rand acolyte than a good old fashioned Friedmanite monetarist?

Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis …, loc. 506