Economy of Words - Communicative Imperatives in Central Banks

Working at the intersection of anthropology, linguistics, and economics, the author shows how central bankers have been engaging in communicative experiments that predate the financial crisis and continue to be refined amid its unfolding turmoil - experiments that do not merely describe the economy, but actually create its distinctive features.

About the author

Douglas R. Holmes is professor of anthropology at Binghamton University. He is the author of "Cultural Disenchantments: Worker Peasantries in Northeast Italy" and "Integral Europe: Fast Capitalism, Multiculturalism, Neofascism." He lives in Binghamton, New York.

Summary

Working at the intersection of anthropology, linguistics, and economics, the author shows how central bankers have been engaging in communicative experiments that predate the financial crisis and continue to be refined amid its unfolding turmoil - experiments that do not merely describe the economy, but actually create its distinctive features.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas R. Holmes
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2013
• EAN: 9780226087597
• ISBN: 978-0-226-08759-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, Monetary Economics