Imagined Futures: Fictional Expectations And Capitalist Dynamics

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.

• | By (Author): Jens Beckert
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674088824
• | ISBN-13: 9780674088825