Uncertain Futures. Imaginaries, Narratives, and Calculation in the Economy

Jens Beckert, Richard Bronk, Uncertain Futures Imaginaries, Narratives, and Calculation in the Economy, Oxford University Press, 2018

Présentation

Uncertain Futures considers how economic actors visualize the future and decide how to act in conditions of radical uncertainty. It starts from the premise that dynamic capitalist economies are characterized by relentless innovation and novelty and hence exhibit an indeterminacy that cannot be reduced to measurable risk. The organizing question then becomes how economic actors form expectations and make decisions despite the uncertainty they face.

This edited volume lays the foundations for a new model of economic reasoning by showing how, in conditions of uncertainty, economic actors combine calculation with imaginaries and narratives to form fictional expectations that coordinate action and provide the confidence to act.

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