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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Beckert, Jens,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (358 p.) :; 2 charts, 12 graphs
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674545878; 9783110638585
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674545878
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jens Beckert.

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.