Framing finance : the boundaries of markets and modern capitalism / Alex Preda.

By:

Preda, Alex, 1960-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.Description: viii, 318 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780226679310 (alk. paper)
0226679314 (alk. paper)
9780226679327 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226679322 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

306.3 22

LOC classification:

HG101 .P74 2009

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	MAIN General	AUE Library Collection	HG101 .P74 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		10024721

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-306) and index.

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.

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