The current fusion of neoliberalism and right-wing populism is a consequence of the unleashed notion of the competition state, the competition region, and the competitive units of and within the enterprise. The social reproduction of the moral underpinnings of neoliberal order—communitarian notions of self-help and caring, social responsibility for those in close proximity—can be regarded as compensation for social redistribution and welfare, but it may not develop fast enough or at the same speed as the centrifugal notions of selfishness and competitiveness. Only time will tell when neoliberalism will use up its next—or even final—life.

Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, loc. 33