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The Death of Homo Economicus: Work, Debt and the Myth of Endless Accumulation

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The Death of Homo Economicus: Work, Debt and the Myth of Endless Accumulation - Fleming, Peter
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"For neoclassical economists, homo economicus, or economic human, represents the ideal employee: an energetic worker bee that is a rational yet competitive decision-maker ... Or perhaps, as Peter Fleming argues, homo economicus does not actually exist at all ... [In this book], Fleming ... argues that as an invented model of a human being, homo economicus is, in reality, a tool used by economists and capitalists to manage our social world through the state, business, and even family"--Amazon.com.

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The Death of Homo Economicus: Work, Debt and the Myth of Endless Accumulation 2017, Pluto Press (UK)

ISBN-13: 9780745399409

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The Death of Homo Economicus: Work, Debt and the Myth of Endless Accumulation 2017, Pluto Press (UK)

ISBN-13: 9780745399423

Hardcover