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Poor choice? Smith, Hayek and the moral economy of food consumption

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Glaze, Simon and Richardson, Ben (2017) Poor choice? Smith, Hayek and the moral economy of food consumption. Economy & Society, 46 (1). pp. 128-151. doi:10.1080/03085147.2017.1308058 ISSN 0308-5147.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2017.1308058

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Abstract

This paper explores the moral economy of food in the United Kingdom via discourses on food bank usage and obesity. It argues that both of these markers of malnutrition were interpreted under the Conservative-led governments of David Cameron (2010–2016) as failings of personal responsibility and identified primarily with the working class, advancing the assumption that poor people make poor choices. Based on a critique of this account, our wider contribution is two-fold. First, we identify the Hayekian lineage of the discourse of personal responsibility, highlighting its utility in facilitating a form of neoliberal market consent through its insistence on self-reliance. Second, we stake out an alternative to this conceptualization through a discussion of Adam Smith’s notion of self-command, which we call interpersonal responsibility.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics
H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
J Political Science > JC Political theory
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Smith, Adam, 1723-1790, Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992, Food consumption , Food consumption--Great Britain--Moral and ethical aspects , Poor--Attitudes, Food banks--Great Britain, Obesity--Great Britain, Responsibility, Economics--Political aspects
Journal or Publication Title: Economy & Society
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 0308-5147
Official Date: 11 May 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
11 May 2017Published
3 March 2017Accepted
Volume: 46
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 128-151
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2017.1308058
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 1 June 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 11 November 2018

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