Speculation: a political economy of technologies of imagination
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Laura Bear, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom. |
| ANO | 2020 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Economy and Society |
| ISSN | 0308-5147 |
| E-ISSN | 1469-5766 |
| EDITORA | Duke University Press (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03085147.2020.1715604 |
| CITAÇÕES | 47 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
This article develops a political economy of speculation. It argues that speculation is produced by particular technologies of imagination – ways of seeing, calculating, representing and narrating the future – that are entangled with the exercise of power. Drawing on fieldwork with financiers in London, the article examines how technologies of imagination are mobilised to create speculative value in the present. It shows how financiers use scenario planning, modelling and narrative devices to produce speculative visions of the future, which are then used to justify investment decisions and generate profits. The article argues that these technologies of imagination are not neutral tools, but are shaped by and reinforce existing power relations. It concludes by suggesting that a critical understanding of speculation requires attention to the ways in which the future is imagined, calculated and narrated.
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