Козлова Валерия Александровна

The main idea of the article is the disclosure of the idea of economic man in the writings of David Harvey. This paper deals with the basic understanding of people and their behavior in the information society. The main attention is paid to the problem of freedom of individual behavior in a "knowledge economy." The issues of the expansion of freedom in the process of consumption, labor and entrepreneurship under the influence of neo-capitalism, which has become the main ideological concept of the modern economy are raised.

The article is devoted to the phenomenon of a man of economy. The main propositions about the informational society, its formation and development are analyzed. The article deals with the attitude to labour as the starting point of considering the model of a man of economy in the informational society.