Imagined futures : fictional expectations and capitalist dynamics / Jens Beckert.
Imagined futures : fictional expectations and capitalist dynamics / Jens Beckert.
Imagined futures : fictional expectations and capitalist dynamics / Jens Beckert.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/2626
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English
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Physical content
ix, 373 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- Part One: Decision-making in an uncertain world -- The temporal order of capitalism -- Expectations and uncertainty -- Fictional expectations -- Part Two: Building blocks of capitalism -- Money and credit: the promise of future value -- Investments: imaginaries of profit -- Innovatio...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
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"Imagined Futures offers a new explanation for the dynamics of modern capitalism and the restlessness of our economy, based on our temporal orientation. Building on a historical account of how competition and the credit system have forced actors to orient their decisions towards a future that is portrayed and perceived as offering both limitless op...
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Imagined futures : fictional expectations and capitalist dynamics / Jens Beckert.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/2626
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74VKVq34pMLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVq34pMLd
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ISBN
0674088824 (alk. paper)
9780674088825 (alk. paper)
DDC
330.122
MMS ID
991024007593602626
