SPECULATING ON CARELESS LIVES: Annuitising the biofinancial subject

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-406

  French, Shaun ^a   Kneale, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

annuity; biopolitics; financialisation; pensions; subjects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865455675     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2012.703619     Document Type: Article

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