Imagined futures fictional expectations and capitalist dynamics

"Imagined Futures offers a new explanation for the dynamics of modern capitalism and the restlessness of our economy, based on our temporal orientation. Building on a historical account of how competition and the credit system have forced actors to orient their decisions towards a future that i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beckert, Jens 1967- (Author)
Resource Type:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2016.
Subjects:	Capitalism. Economics. Time and economic reactions. Economic forecasting. Decision making > Economic aspects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via EBSCO eBooks. Click here to access

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part One: Decision-making in an uncertain world
The temporal order of capitalism
Expectations and uncertainty
Fictional expectations
Part Two: Building blocks of capitalism
Money and credit: the promise of future value
Investments: imaginaries of profit
Innovation: imaginaries of technological futures
Consumption: value from meaning
Part Three: Instruments of imagination
Forecasting: creating the present
Economic theory: the crystal ball of calculative devices
Conclusion: the enchanted world of capitalism.