But no matter, since the absolute validity of that knowledge is not the true motive or objective of the exercise, but rather subordination of the overall process to corporate strategic imperatives that provides the real justification of the format, as well as its economic foundation. It adds up to a “double truth” doctrine: one truth for the masses/participants and another for those at the top. Something like the double truth doctrine also holds for neoliberal theories of democracy, as we shall shortly discover. It also holds for the notion of a “constructivist” approach to social reality.

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 2106