Financial markets, processes, and instruments are often difficult to fathom; the credit crisis highlights both their importance and their fragility. In this book, MacKenzie, one of the most perceptive analysts of the financial world, puts forward a...
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Financial markets, processes, and instruments are often difficult to fathom; the credit crisis highlights both their importance and their fragility. In this book, MacKenzie, one of the most perceptive analysts of the financial world, puts forward a material sociology of markets, rooted in the actors and agents that shape modern finance. - ;Financial markets, processes, and instruments are often difficult to fathom; the credit crisis highlights both their importance and their fragility. Donald MacKenzie is one of the most perceptive analysts of the workings of the financial world. In this book Introduction -- Ten precepts for the social studies of finance -- Assembling an economic actor -- Derivatives : the production of virtuality -- The material sociology of arbitrage -- Measuring profit -- Constructing emissions markets -- Conclusion : opening the black boxes of finance.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-220) and index. - Description based on print version record
IntroductionTen precepts for the social studies of finance -- Assembling an economic actor -- Derivatives : the production of virtuality -- The material sociology of arbitrage -- Measuring profit -- Constructing emissions markets -- Conclusion : opening the black boxes of finance.
