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

by Richard Bronk

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198846800
• ISBN13: 9780198846802
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"