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Material markets : how economic agents are constructed / Donald MacKenzie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacKenzie, Donald A., author.
- Series:
- Clarendon lectures in management studies.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Clarendon lectures in management studies
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--Sociological aspects.
- Economics.
- Money market.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Financial markets, processes, and instruments can be difficult to fathom; and recent turbulence suggests they may be out of control in some respects. In this book, Donald MacKenzie puts forward a material sociology of markets, rooted in the actors and agents that shape modern finance.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04231-4
- 0-19-160851-3
- 1-281-92539-X
- 9786611925390
- 0-19-155727-7
- OCLC:
- 476243088
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