Imagined Futures - Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics

Informationen zum Autor Jens Beckert is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jens Beckert, Beckert Jens
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9780674088825
• ISBN: 978-0-674-08882-5
• No. of pages: 358
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Capitalism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Economic theory and philosophy