Originating the derivative -- Social theory and the market for the production of financial knowledge -- Outline of a social theory of finance -- Temporality and the financial markets -- Theorizing the financial markets socially -- Rituality and the production of financial markets -- The speculative ethos -- The social habitus of financial work -- The social dimensions of Black-Scholes -- Derivatives and wealth.
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Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and his experience trading derivatives, Edward LiPuma theorizes the profound social dimensions of derivatives markets and the processes, rituals, mentalities, and belief systems that drive them.
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