Ayn Rand: Fountainhead of Neoliberalism?

P.W. Zuidhof

Ayn Rand: Fountainhead of Neoliberalism?

Authors

P.W. Zuidhof

Abstract

Review of: Hans Achterhuis (2010) De Utopie van de Vrije Markt. Rotterdam: Lemniscaat, 319 pp.

Author Biography

P.W. Zuidhof

P.W. (Peter-Wim) Zuidhof is assistant professor in European Political Economy and programme director of the Bachelor European Studies at the Department of European Studies, Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam. Trained in economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and philosophy (New School for Social Research, New York), his research and teaching focuses on the history and theory of neoliberalism. He is preparing a book titled Imagining Markets: the Performative Politics of Neoliberalism (forthcoming with Zone Books) which studies the various ways in which economic discourse is performing neoliberal governmentalities.

Published

2012-01-15

How to Cite

Zuidhof, P.W. 2012. “Ayn Rand: Fountainhead of Neoliberalism?”. Krisis | Journal for Contemporary Philosophy 32 (1):84-89. https://krisis.eu/article/view/39030.