The Economization Of Life

Michelle Murphy examines the ways in which efforts at population control since World War II have tied reproduction to neoliberal capitalism, showing how data collection practices have been used to quantify the value of a human life in terms of its ability to improve the nation-state's gross domestic product.

• | By (Author): Michelle Murphy
• | Publisher: Duke University Press
• | Publication Date: May 12, 2017
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0822363453
• | ISBN-13: 9780822363453