Meet your inner Squirrel, Griffin or Squiffin! By taking The Animal Spirits Quiz you will find out what economical beastie you are. The Animal Spirits Quiz plays upon John Maynard Keynes’s belief that, rather than rational economic beings, humans are susceptible to the group phenomenon “animal spirits” that manipulate individual behaviour, using our spontaneous urge to action rather than inaction. The Animal Spirits Quiz also considers Michel Foucault's notion of homo-calculus and the current craze around self-monitoring and testing. The quiz, in tune with today's neoliberal language, is full of body, disease, and pharmaceutical references.

The Animal Spirits quiz gives you a better understanding of who you are and what you can do about it. Resulting in a simple to read playing card your strengths will be presented to you, alongside what risk group you belong to in the contemporary zany competition of profit and efficiency.