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Imagined Futures : Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics / Jens Beckert.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (358 p.) : 2 charts, 12 graphsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674545878
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.12/2 23
LOC classification:
  • HB501 .B37384 2016eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- I. Decision- Making in an Uncertain World -- 2. The Temporal Order of Capitalism -- 3. Expectations and Uncertainty -- 4. Fictional Expectations -- II. Building Blocks of Capitalism -- 5. Money and Credit: The Promise of Future Value -- 6. Investments: Imaginaries of Profit -- 7. Innovation: Imaginaries of Technological Futures -- 8. Consumption: Value from Meaning -- III. Instruments of Imagination -- 9. Forecasting: Creating the Present -- 10. Economic Theory: The Crystal Ball of Calculative Devices -- 11. Conclusion: The Enchanted World of Capitalism -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: Consumers, investors, and corporations orient their activities toward a future that contains opportunities and risks. How do these actors assess uncertainty? Jens Beckert adds a new chapter to the theory of capitalism by showing how fictional expectations drive modern economies—or throw them into crisis when imagined futures fail to materialize.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- I. Decision- Making in an Uncertain World -- 2. The Temporal Order of Capitalism -- 3. Expectations and Uncertainty -- 4. Fictional Expectations -- II. Building Blocks of Capitalism -- 5. Money and Credit: The Promise of Future Value -- 6. Investments: Imaginaries of Profit -- 7. Innovation: Imaginaries of Technological Futures -- 8. Consumption: Value from Meaning -- III. Instruments of Imagination -- 9. Forecasting: Creating the Present -- 10. Economic Theory: The Crystal Ball of Calculative Devices -- 11. Conclusion: The Enchanted World of Capitalism -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Consumers, investors, and corporations orient their activities toward a future that contains opportunities and risks. How do these actors assess uncertainty? Jens Beckert adds a new chapter to the theory of capitalism by showing how fictional expectations drive modern economies—or throw them into crisis when imagined futures fail to materialize.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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