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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A]n eloquent and intricate political work of art and writing."
-- Marc Tremblay * Broken Pencil *
Table of ContentsForeword / Carin Kuoni 10
Speculation, Now / Vyjayanthi Venuturupalli Rao 14
Design Notes / Prem Krishnamurthy 26
Visible and Invisible Sides of Reproduction / Boris Groys 33
Dreams, Magic, and Mirrors: More Histories of Extraversion and Speculation in Central Africa / Filip De Boeck 40
Hedge/Hog: Speculative Action in Financial Markets / Satya Pemmaraju 52
Preface to the third edition / Walid Raad 60
The Ethics of Deep Time / Trevor Paglen 70
Colors, Cash, Fabric, and Trim: Fast-fashion Families in Downtown L.A. / Christina Moon 73
Synchronicities / Sherene Schostak 86
Post-Racial America? Addressing Racial Inequality / Darrick Hamilton and William Darity Jr. 92
Psychics Special / Lin + Lam 104
Speculation with Data: Remittances, Refugees, and Migration / Laura Kurgan 112
Diary: Towards an Architecture of Balkanization / Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss 122
Image: Visual Speculation and Political Change / Victoria Hattam 139
Night Thoughts: Unintended Consequences in the Modern Economy / Mary Poovey 142
On the Matter of Change: Three Scenes of Collective Action / Robert Sember 146
over/sight / Lize Mogul 156
The Barzakh of the Image and the Speculative Scene of Possession / Stefania Pandolfo 168
Taking a Trip / Gary Lincoff 188
The Paradox of Beginnings / Angie Keefer and Lucy Skaer 204
Speculation, After the Fact / Arjun Appadurai 206
!?!?. . . / Hans Haacke 210
Speculation Now: The Expanded Field 220
Biographies 234
Acknowledgments 250
Vera List Center for Art and Politics 252
Considering Forgiveness 254
Index 256
Photo Credits 270
Colophon 272
