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Uncertain futures : imaginaries, narratives, and calculation in the economy / edited by Jens Beckert and Richard Bronk.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198820802
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.0112 BEC 23 016910
LOC classification:
  • HB3730 .U48 2018
Summary: Uncertain Futures considers how economists visualize the future and decide how to act in conditions of uncertainty. Because dynamic capitalist economies are characterized by innovation and novelty they exhibit an indeterminacy that cannot be reduced. This book questions how expectations can be formed and decisions made in spite of uncertainty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Uncertain Futures considers how economists visualize the future and decide how to act in conditions of uncertainty. Because dynamic capitalist economies are characterized by innovation and novelty they exhibit an indeterminacy that cannot be reduced. This book questions how expectations can be formed and decisions made in spite of uncertainty.

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