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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454294903321

Autore

MacKenzie Donald A

Titolo

Material markets [[electronic resource] ] : how economic agents are constructed / / Donald MacKenzie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-281-92539-X

9786611925390

0-19-155727-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Clarendon lectures in management studies

Disciplina

306.2

306.3/42

Soggetti

Economics - Sociological aspects

Markets - Social aspects

Money market

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Ten Precepts for the Social Studies of Finance; 3. Assembling an Economic Actor; 4. Derivatives: The Production of Virtuality; 5. The Material Sociology of Arbitrage; 6. Measuring Profit; 7. Constructing Emissions Markets; 8. Conclusion: Opening the Black Boxes of Finance; Glossary; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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,