Imagined Futures : : Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics / / 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 cr...
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Beckert, Jens, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Imagined Futures : Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics / Jens Beckert. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (358 p.) : 2 charts, 12 graphs text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Capitalism. Decision making Economic aspects. Economic forecasting. Economics. Time and economic reactions. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110638585 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674545878 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674545878 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674545878/original |
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