Title: RE: [pr-x] Neoliberal think tanks and the harm they do
Mike Lebowitz sent me the following. I agree that the dirty dozen of neo-liberal foundations have been crucial, but their lobbying (etc.) has fallen on fertile ground: in the 1970s, the US and other rich capitalist countries faced
Yes, the
conjuncture of capitalism made neo-liberal solutions attractive to
capital, but it was not inevitable that they would be chosen. Not only
the coherent and determined efforts of right-wing foundations and
neo-liberal ideologists but also the incoherent and confused efforts of
the left
The Lewis Powell memo seems to have set off the whole right wing think
tank boom.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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