{"product_id":"capturing-finance-9781478013389","title":"Capturing Finance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarolyn Hardin offers a new way of understanding arbitragethe trading practice that involves buying assets in one market at a cheap price and immediately selling them in another market for a profitas a means of showing how its reliance upon taking on risk is fundamental to financial markets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this compelling work, Carolyn Hardin zeroes in on the founding paradox of modern finance—arbitrage or the possibility of risk-free gain—to illuminate the system of abstract capture in which we live. A bold new voice, Hardin updates the critique of capitalism for a financial age and proposes a new politics of risk-based solidarity for our times.” -- Melinda Cooper, author of * Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism *\u003cbr\u003e“This brilliant and beautifully written book sets a new standard for the social study of finance by exposing the paradox that arbitrage, the most frequent evil in the theory of finance, is the most reliable producer of financial profits in financial markets. This is a book for all scholars, both within and outside business schools, who want to find alternatives to the hegemony of finance in our everyday lives.” -- Arjun Appadurai, Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCapturing Finance\u003c\/i\u003e provides a robust framework for analyzing arbitrage and the financial system it underpins. Drawing chiefly on Moishe Postone, with a touch of Deleuze and Guattari, Hardin combines a precise and flexible theoretical apparatus . . . with detailed technical analysis.” -- Jordan Sjol * Journal of Cultural Economy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Into the Lion's Den  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Capitalism as Capture  11\u003cbr\u003e 2. Arbitrage in Theory  33\u003cbr\u003e 3. Arbitrage IRL  49\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Postonian Turn  68\u003cbr\u003e 5. Money Machines  87\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Emperor's New Clothes  105\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. A Politics of Risk  120\u003cbr\u003e Notes  131\u003cbr\u003e References  143\u003cbr\u003e Index  155","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408992969047,"sku":"9781478013389","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478013389.jpg?v=1730505004","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/capturing-finance-9781478013389","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}