The Economization of Life

Author/Contributor(s):	Murphy, M
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	05/12/2017
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

M. 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.