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Uncertain Futures

By Jens Beckert

Uncertain Futures

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Uncertain Futures considers how economic actors visualize the future and decide how to act in conditions of radical uncertainty. It starts from the premise that dynamic capitalist economies are characterized by relentless innovation and novelty and hence exhibit an indeterminacy that cannot bereduced to measurable risk. The organizing question then becomes how economic actors form expectations and make decisions despite the uncertainty they face. This edited volume lays the foundations for a new model of economic reasoning by showing how, in conditions of uncertainty, economic actors combine calculation with imaginaries and narratives to form fictional expectations that coordinate action and provide the confidence to act. It draws ongroundbreaking research in economic sociology, economics, anthropology, and psychology to present theoretically grounded empirical case studies. These demonstrate how grand narratives, central bank forward guidance, economic forecasts, finance models, business plans, visions of technologicalfutures, and new era stories influence behaviour and become instruments of power in markets and societies. The market impact of shared calculative devices, social narratives, and contingent imaginaries underlines the rationale for a new form of narrative economics.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
346
Release Date:
2018-09-19
Publication Date:
2018-09-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press(UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198820801
ISBN13:
9780198820802
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
684 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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