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



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Autore: MacKenzie Donald A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Material markets [[electronic resource] ] : how economic agents are constructed / / Donald MacKenzie Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
Disciplina: 306.2
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Soggetto topico: Economics - Sociological aspects
Markets - Social aspects
Money market
Classificazione: 83.05
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,
Titolo autorizzato: Material markets  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-383-04231-4
0-19-160851-3
1-281-92539-X
9786611925390
0-19-155727-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810995503321
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Serie: Clarendon lectures in management studies.