Neoliberalism (n.) is not just an ideological rhetoric, a political-economic reality, nor a practical anti-humanism, but a political project that endeavors to create a social reality that it suggests already exist.
Neoliberalism (n.) is a profoundly rationalizing technology of governance concerning optimization, earning, efficiency, and the creation of 'human capital'. It is when homo economicus becomes the sole interface of government and the individual.
Neoliberalism (n.) is concerned with human capital such that realms of life otherwise not associated with economics, are now appraised, evaluated, and modified in terms of market economy and according to an economic grid.
Neoliberalism (n.) is concerned with perceiving criminality in economic terms and targeting not so much the criminal but the market milieu.
Neoliberalism (n.) turns liberalism inside out: instead of the state making room for a free market, the market becomes the court that judges the state, and competition is not nature but something government must build.