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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810995503321
• Autore: MacKenzie Donald A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1-383-04231-4; 0-19-160851-3; 1-281-92539-X; 9786611925390; 0-19-155727-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Collana: Clarendon lectures in management studies
• Classificazione: 83.05
• Disciplina: 306.2; 306.3/42
• Soggetti: Economics - Sociological aspects; Markets - Social aspects; Money market
• 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,