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008			160526s2016 maua ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780674545878 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aHB501 _b.I434 2016
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aBeckert, Jens, _d1967- _e1
245	1	0	_aImagined futures : _bfictional expectations and capitalist dynamics / _cJens Beckert.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 373 pages) : _billustrations
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505	0	0	_aIntroduction -- _tPart One: Decision-making in an uncertain world -- _tThe temporal order of capitalism -- _tExpectations and uncertainty -- _tFictional expectations -- _tPart Two: Building blocks of capitalism -- _tMoney and credit: the promise of future value -- _tInvestments: imaginaries of profit -- _tInnovation: imaginaries of technological futures -- _tConsumption: value from meaning -- _tPart Three: Instruments of imagination -- _tForecasting: creating the present -- _tEconomic theory: the crystal ball of calculative devices -- _tConclusion: the enchanted world of capitalism.
520	0		_a"Imagined Futures offers a new explanation for the dynamics of modern capitalism and the restlessness of our economy, based on our temporal orientation. Building on a historical account of how competition and the credit system have forced actors to orient their decisions towards a future that is portrayed and perceived as offering both limitless opportunities and immeasurable risks, Beckert shows how the uncertainty inherent in the future pressures actors to form expectations of distinct outcomes and prevents them from calculating optimal decisions. But how do actors make decisions in a world that contains such fundamental uncertainty? Beckert argues that decisions in the economy are based on imaginaries of the future, which he calls fictional expectations, which allow us to act as if we know the future, providing the reassurance needed to embrace endeavors whose outcomes are unknowable. Beckert shows how these fictional expectations are the underlying force that propels the economy, from investments and the operation of the monetary system to innovations and the purchase of new consumer goods, and how economic crises ensue when these fictional expectations collapse. With its focus on the role of expectations in the economy, Imagined Futures addresses the central macro-level question in the history of the social sciences: What are the sources of the epic growth and repeated crises in modern capitalism?"--Provided by publisher.
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650		0	_aCapitalism.
650		0	_aEconomics.
650		0	_aTime and economic reactions.
650		0	_aEconomic forecasting.
650		0	_aDecision making _xEconomic aspects.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1241553&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell