Bourdieu on neoliberalism

[William S. Lear]

On Wed, December 9, 1998 at 10:02:15 (-0800) Brad De Long writes:
>RE: The essence of neoliberalism
>>
>>   As the dominant discourse would have it, the economic world is...
>>   prompt to repress all violations... through the intermediary of
>>   its armed extensions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the
>>   Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)...
>
>If this were the gong show, he'd be gone halfway through this first
>paragraph. The OECD as an *armed* extension of the economic world???

Money is a weapon.  They are armed with money.  Get over it.

Bill