LEADER 03718nam 22006493 450 001 9910727269103321 005 20250604153206.0 010 $a9780226523569 010 $a022652356X 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226523569 035 $a(CKB)3840000000329837 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001930077 035 $a(DE-B1597)524779 035 $a(OCoLC)1016156747 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226523569 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5049326 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5049326 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11485211 035 $a(Perlego)1852397 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000329837 100 $a20250604d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aStories of capitalism $einside the role of financial analysts /$fStefan Leins 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aChicago ;$aLondon :$cThe University of Chicago Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2018. 311 08$a9780226523422 311 08$a022652342X 311 08$a9780226523392 311 08$a022652339X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Meeting the Predictors --$t2. The Problem with Forecasting in Economic Theory --$t3. Inside Swiss Banking --$t4. Among Financial Analysts --$t5. Intrinsic Value, Market Value, and the Search for Information --$t6. The Construction of an Investment Narrative --$t7. The Politics of Circulating Narratives --$t8. Analysts as Animators --$t9. Why the Economy Needs Narratives --$tMethodological Appendix --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aThe financial crisis and the recession that followed caught many people off guard, including experts in the financial sector whose jobs involve predicting market fluctuations. Financial analysis offices in most international banks are supposed to forecast the rise or fall of stock prices, the success or failure of investment products, and even the growth or decline of entire national economies. And yet their predictions are heavily disputed. How do they make their forecasts-and do those forecasts have any actual value? Building on recent developments in the social studies of finance, Stories of Capitalism provides the first ethnography of financial analysis. Drawing on two years of fieldwork in a Swiss bank, Stefan Leins argues that financial analysts construct stories of possible economic futures, presenting them as coherent and grounded in expert research and analysis. In so doing, they establish a role for themselves-not necessarily by laying bare empirically verifiable trends but rather by presenting the market as something that makes sense and is worth investing in. Stories of Capitalism is a nuanced look at how banks continue to boost investment-even in unstable markets-and a rare insider's look into the often opaque financial practices that shape the global economy. 606 $aFinancial services industry$xEmployees 606 $aFinance$xSocial aspects 606 $aInvestment banking$xSocial aspects$zSwitzerland 606 $aBanks and banking$zSwitzerland 606 $aBusiness anthropology 615 0$aFinancial services industry$xEmployees. 615 0$aFinance$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aInvestment banking$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBanks and banking 615 0$aBusiness anthropology. 676 $a332.1 700 $aLeins$b Stefan$01362624 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910727269103321 996 $aStories of Capitalism$93382060 997 $aUNINA