Imagined Futures
| Author | : Jens Beckert |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 359 |
| Release | : 2016-06-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674545892 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674545893 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (893 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Imagined Futures by : Jens Beckert
Download or read book Imagined Futures written by Jens Beckert and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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