Neo-liberal homo economicus differs wholly from the classical version

Evidence

So, even if there really is a return to the idea of homo reconomicus as the analytical grid of economic activity, there is a complete change in the conception of this homo reconomicus. — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics, 1171

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The figure of homo oeconomicus changes shape across centuries — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 52; The neoliberal market state may differ fundamentally from the earlier punitive conjuncture

Broader Connections

• The figure of homo oeconomicus changes shape across centuries #expands (0.85) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 52
• The neoliberal market state may differ fundamentally from the earlier punitive conjuncture #qualifies (0.70)