02910nam 2200649Ia 450 991045429490332120191030193358.01-281-92539-X97866119253900-19-155727-7(CKB)1000000000707689(EBL)415525(OCoLC)476243088(SSID)ssj0000198936(PQKBManifestationID)12056092(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198936(PQKBWorkID)10185202(PQKB)11194054(MiAaPQ)EBC415525(Au-PeEL)EBL415525(CaPaEBR)ebr10266411(CaONFJC)MIL192539(OCoLC)310721139(EXLCZ)99100000000070768920081201d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaterial markets[electronic resource] how economic agents are constructed /Donald MacKenzieOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (239 p.)Clarendon lectures in management studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-927815-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-220) and index.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; IndexFinancial 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,Clarendon lectures in management studies.EconomicsSociological aspectsMarketsSocial aspectsMoney marketElectronic books.EconomicsSociological aspects.MarketsSocial aspects.Money market.306.2306.3/42MacKenzie Donald A464054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454294903321Material markets230128UNINA