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Economic Sociology, Homo Economicus, and Performativity of Economics
It is never too late, nor too early, to reread and contemplate a good theory. For example, to mull over Michel Callon’s programmatic statement about the performativity of economics, presented two decades ago in the introduction to The Laws of the Markets: … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Sociology, economics, markets, performativity
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Who is in Control of Markets: Humans or Financial Models?
by Ekaterina Svetlova* The recent stock market correction raised again the question of who is in control of markets: humans or technology. Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said on CNBC that „humans are definitely in charge of the decisions in the market” … Continue reading
‘Performativity thesis’: Accounting’s mediating role in bringing theoretical statements from economics into life
An interesting “The ‘performativity thesis’ and its critics: Towards a relational ontology of management accounting” by Ed Vosselman, explores accounting’s mediating role in bringing theoretical statements from economics into life. The paper addresses the so-called performativity thesis that claims that economic … Continue reading
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Tagged accounting, economics, performativity, social studies of finance
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Why the Federal Reserve Failed to See the 2008 Financial Crisis: The Role of “Macroeconomics” as a Sensemaking and Cultural Frame
In this very interesting and enlightening paper by Neil Fligstein, Jonah Stuart Brundage & Michael Schultz (University of California, Berkeley), they tackle one of the puzzles about the crisis of 2008: why the regulators were so slow to recognize the … Continue reading
Accountants’ Truth and Economic (Im)morality: Knowledge and Ethics in the Financial World
Accounting is the language of business, increasingly standardized across the world through powerful global corporations: a technical skill used to reach the correct, unquestionable answer. Yet, as corporate scandals have shown, a whole range of financial professionals (auditors, bankers, analysts, … Continue reading
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Tagged accounting, decision making, ethics, knowledge, performativity, Sociology of economics
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A Primer in the Social Studies of Finance and Performativity: Theories and Methods
At the recent 2011 Academy of Management conference, Daniel Beunza presented an informative and focused “Primer in the Social Studies of Finance and Performativity: Theories and Methods“. This presentation was concerned with clarifying the specific substance of the social studies … Continue reading
