Imagined Futures: Fictional Expectations And Capitalist Dynamics Jens Beckert Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Economics Business & Finance

In A Capitalist System Consumers Investors And Corporations Orient Their Activities Toward Future That Contains Opportunities Risks How Actors Assess Uncertainty Is Problem Economists Have Tried To Solve Through General Equilibrium Rational Expectations Theory Powerful As These Analytical Tools Are They Underestimate The Future’s Unknowability By Assuming Markets Aggregate Correctly Forecast What Come Jens Beckert Adds New Chapter Of Capitalism Demonstrating Fictional Drive Modern Economies—Or Throw Them Into Crisis When Imagined Futures Fail Materialize Collectively Held Images Will Unfold Critical Because Free Economic From Paralyzing Doubt Enabling Commit Resources Coordinate Decisions Even If Those Prove Inaccurate Distinguishes Performativity Which Holds Predictions Tend Become Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Forecasts Important Not Produce Envision But Create Generate Activity First Place Pursue Money Investments Innovations Consumption Only Believe Objects Obtained Market Exchanges Retain Value We Accept Its Purchasing Power Risk Capital Innovation Expect Profit Purchase Consumer Goods Based On Dreams Satisfaction Shows Who Ignore Role Real Dynamics Misunderstand Nature Σελίδες: 384 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0607 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm