Virtue, fortune and faith : a genealogy of finance /
Marieke de Goede.
- xxvii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Borderlines ; 24 .
- Borderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; v. 24. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Money and representation -- A genealogy of finance -- Mastering lady credit -- Finance, gambling, and speculation -- The Dow Jones average and the birth of the financial market -- Regulation and risk in contemporary markets -- Repoliticizing financial practices -- Objectivity and irony in the dot-com bubble -- -- Introduction : money and representation -- A genealogy of finance -- Mastering lady credit -- Finance, gambling, and speculation -- The Dow Jones Average and the birth of the financial market -- Regulation and risk in contemporary markets -- Repoliticizing financial practices -- Conclusion : objectivity and irony in the dot-com bubble. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
'Virtue, Fortune, and Faith' describes how, in the course of two centuries, finance has changed in the public regard from being a fraud to being the cornerstone of the modern economic system & epitome of scientific respectability.