Screen LibraryFraming finance：the boundaries of markets and modern capitalism
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University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 318 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226679310 (alk. paper) 0226679314 (alk. paper) 9780226679327 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226679322 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F830 |
| CLC: | F830.9-05 |
| Call Number: | F830.9-05/P923 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-306) and index. Introduction: capitalism and the boundaries of finance -- The boundaries of finance in the sociological tradition -- Prestige, at last: the social closure of the stock exchange -- Financial knowledge and the science of the market -- Close up: price data, machines, and organizational boundaries -- From afar: charts and their analysts -- The kaleidoscope of finance: speculation, economic life, and society -- On the dark side of the market -- Panic! -- Conclusion: back to the future. In this work, the author looks at the history of the market to figure out how we arrived at a point where investing is not only commonplace, but critical, as market fluctuations threaten our plans to send our children to college or retire comfortably. |