"This book is an investigation into the economic policy formulation and practice of neoliberalism in Britain from the 1950s through to the financial crisis and economic downturn that began in 2007-8. It demonstrates that influential economists, such as F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman, authors at...

1. Introduction : neoliberalism and governmentality -- 2. Constructing the consumer -- 3. Diagnosing the British economy -- 4. How to govern the economy -- 5. Governing for the consumer -- 6. Misidentification and crisis -- 7. The American sub-prime homeowner consumer -- 8. Conclusion :...