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Auteur(s) : Beckert, Jens (1967-....)
Titre(s) : Imagined futures [Texte imprimé] : fictional expectations and capitalist dynamics / Jens Beckert
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard university press, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-373 p.) ; 25 cm
Comprend : Decision-making in an uncertain world ; The temporal order of capitalism ; Expectations
and uncertainty ; Fictional expectations ; 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 ; Instruments
of imagination ; Forecasting: creating the present ; Economic theory: the crystal
ball of calculative devices ; Conclusion: the enchanted world of capitalism.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 315-355. Index
"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 is portrayed and perceived as offering
both limitless opportunities and immeasurable risks, Beckert shows how the uncertainty
inherent in the future pressures actors to form expectations of distinct outcomes
and prevents them from calculating optimal decisions. But how do actors make decisions
in a world that contains such fundamental uncertainty? Beckert argues that decisions
in the economy are based on imaginaries of the future, which he calls fictional expectations,
which allow us to act as if we know the future, providing the reassurance needed to
embrace endeavors whose outcomes are unknowable. Beckert shows how these fictional
expectations are the underlying force that propels the economy, from investments and
the operation of the monetary system to innovations and the purchase of new consumer
goods, and how economic crises ensue when these fictional expectations collapse. With
its focus on the role of expectations in the economy, Imagined Futures addresses the
central macro-level question in the history of the social sciences: What are the sources
of the epic growth and repeated crises in modern capitalism?"--Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Capitalisme
Prévision économique
Temps et comportement économique
Économie politique -- Prise de décision
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674088825 (rel.). - ISBN 0674088824
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450746247
Notice n° :
FRBNF45074624
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