Neoliberalism is an ideology that requires the public/private split in human affairs to exist and to be perceived as normal and natural. This paper begins by looking at the feminist critique of dualisms, as developed by the feminist institutional economist Ann Jennings and feminist economists Paula England and Julie Nelson and then applies their critique of the public/private dualisms to neoliberal conceptions of agency and care. The paper argues that once dualism is exposed as an incorrect representation of existential reality, it becomes impossible to use for justifying the characterization of behavior, invidious distinctions, and the social valuations of human behavior it supports, thereby making neoliberal assumptions about normal behavior that support its policy prescriptions untenable. Finally, it explores the consequences of this critique of neoliberalism on the conceptualization of agency and the economics of care.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Feminist economists and original institutionalists share aspects of their inquiry.

• Both approaches understand economics as the study of social provisioning.

• The public/private dualism is necessary to sustain neoliberal ideology.

• Discrediting the public/private dualism leads to rejecting neoliberal agency.

• Caring is inconsistent with neoliberal ideology.

新自由主义是一种意识形态，它要求人类事务中的公共/私人分裂存在并被视为正常和自然。本文首先考察女权主义制度经济学家 Ann Jennings 和女权主义经济学家 Paula England 和 Julie Nelson 对二元论的女权主义批评，然后将他们对公共/私人二元论的批评应用于代理和关怀的新自由主义概念。该论文认为，一旦二元论被暴露为对存在现实的不正确表示，就不可能用于证明行为特征、令人反感的区别以及它所支持的人类行为的社会评价的合理性，从而对支持正常行为的正常行为做出新自由主义假设。其政策药方站不住脚。最后，

强调

• 女权主义经济学家和原始制度主义者分享他们调查的各个方面。

• 这两种方法都将经济学理解为对社会供给的研究。

• 公共/私人二元论是维持新自由主义意识形态所必需的。

• 诋毁公共/私人二元论会导致拒绝新自由主义机构。

• 关怀与新自由主义意识形态不一致。