Confidence Games

Name: Confidence Games
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226791685
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Money and Markets in a World without Redemption

Autor: Mark C. Taylor

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Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: The University of Chicago Press

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In "Confidence Games", Mark C. Taylor posits that money and markets do not exist in a vacuum but gro...

Informácie o knihe

Autor

Mark C. Taylor

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

2008

Stránok

416

EAN

9780226791685

ISBN

0226791688

Enbook ID

04549926

Vydavateľ

The University of Chicago Press

Hmotnosť

564

Rozmery

283 x 235 x 26

Kompletný popis

In "Confidence Games", Mark C. Taylor posits that money and markets do not exist in a vacuum but grow in a profoundly cultural medium, reflecting and in turn shaping their world. Bringing John Calvin, Hegel, and Adam Smith to Wall Street by way of Las Vegas, Taylor first explores the historical and psychological origins of money, the importance of religious beliefs and practices for the emergence of markets, and the unexpected role of religion and art in the classical understanding of economics. He then moves to an account of economic developments during the past four decades, exploring the dawn of our new information age, the growing virtuality of money and markets, and the complexity of the networks by which monetary value is now negotiated. Returning full circle to a version of the market first proposed by Adam Smith, "Confidence Games" closes with a plea for a conception of life that embraces uncertainty and insecurity as signs of the openness and possibility of the future.

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