The last two decades have seen an explosion of writings about neoliberalism insisting on the role of the state as a key architect of market dynamics. Drawing substantially from the work of Karl Polanyi, this literature has emphasised in various ways the socially constructed nature of neoliberalism. But as I argue, conceptual flaws in Polanyi’s conception of 19th liberal governance have helped perpetuate an ongoing reliance on the notion of the Market despite the recognition that there is no such thing as a self-regulated Market. Criticising the turn to Polanyi, I show how this has directed our gaze towards the rhetorical claims of neoliberal governance, at the expense of a reflection on its institutional features. The article then suggests avenues for reconfiguring the study of neoliberalism without recourse to the problematic notion of the Market.

在过去的二十年中，关于新自由主义的著作如雨后春笋般涌现，它们坚持国家作为市场动态的关键建筑师的作用。该文献大量借鉴了卡尔·波兰尼的著作，以各种方式强调了新自由主义的社会建构本质。但正如我所说，波兰尼第 19 次自由治理概念中的概念缺陷有助于使人们对市场概念的持续依赖持续存在，尽管人们承认不存在自我调节的市场。在批评转向波兰尼时，我展示了这如何将我们的目光引向新自由主义治理的修辞主张，而忽视了对其制度特征的反思。然后，本文提出了重新配置新自由主义研究的途径，而不求助于有问题的市场概念。