Toward a metatheory of economic bubbles: socio-political and cultural perspectives:
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Beteilige Person: Dholakia, Nikhilesh 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan 2014
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Palgrave Pivot
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Abstract:Historically, bubbles have been understood primarily in financial-economic terms. In this exciting new work, Dholakia and Turcan argue that bubbles are also a socio-political and cultural phenomena, with intense and accelerating interactions of engineered hype and feverish expectations, Dholakia and Turcan present their interdisciplinary metatheory of bubbles with short case studies of minor and major bubbles. They comprehensively identify and exemplify constructs of the theory, set its temporal and contextual boundaries, and examine the underlying economic, psychological, and social dynamics assumptions, explaining how these elements are related. By doing so, they provide a partial window into the precarious nature of contemporary finance-driven capitalism and suggest some possible ways of overcoming the wrenching ups and downs of the prevalent system. The case studies and original research in Toward a Metatheory of Economic Bubbles have far-reaching implications for the study and practice of entrepreneurship and marketing, public and corporate finance, and public policies towards innovation, economy, and finance. It contributes to the defining issues for economic sociology that describe the relationship between the economic and the social
Umfang:xiii, 120 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9781137368706