Fictions of Financialization: Rethinking Speculation, Exploitation and Twenty-First-Century Capitalism...

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Nick Bernards (University of Warwick)

Fictions of Financialization

Rethinking Speculation, Exploitation and Twenty-First-Century Capitalism

Nick Bernards (University of Warwick)

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Pluto Press
20 October 2024

Political economy; Economic systems & structures; Finance

'Incisive, politically engaged, and theoretically sophisticated' Ilias Alami, author of Money Power and Financial Capital in Emerging Markets

For decades, many people on the left have decried the finance sector as the main culprit for the toxic effects of capitalism. Only by confronting finance, so the story goes, can there be any hope for a more sustainable economy.

Nick Bernards makes the case against the dominance of this story. Arguing that the concept of financialization is ill-understood, Bernards shows how we risk glossing over the true nature of capitalism when focusing on the mythical powers of finance.

Rather than indulging in the harmful fantasy that confronting the financial elite will fix the economy, Bernards provides an alternative approach. Starting from the premise that risk and speculation are core to the operation of all capital and not just the hallmark of a perverted financial sector, this Marxist reading of the interconnection between capitalism's uneven exploitation of labour and nature and financial capital lays the groundwork for a much-needed view of the real powers of finance.

By: Nick Bernards (University of Warwick)
Imprint: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
ISBN: 9780745348896
ISBN 10: 0745348890
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 20 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: What is financialization? Chapter 2: Finance as process Chapter 3: Finance and production Chapter 4: Finance and nature Chapter 5: Finance and the state Conclusion - Revolutionizing finance

Nick Bernards is Associate Professor of Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick. He is the author of A Critical History of Poverty Finance: Colonial Roots and Neoliberal Failures and The Global Governance of Precarity: Primitive Accumulation and the Politics of Irregular Work.

Reviews for Fictions of Financialization: Rethinking Speculation, Exploitation and Twenty-First-Century Capitalism

'Incisive, politically engaged, and theoretically sophisticated, Fictions of Financialization is a major critical contribution to debates on financialization. Bernards sets the record straight and makes a powerful case for recentring the exploitation of labour and nature in analyses of the powers of finance in contemporary capitalism. A must read for anyone concerned with the prospects of a liveable and sustainable future for all on this planet.' -- Ilias Alami, author of <i>Money Power and Financial Capital in Emerging Markets</i> 'Nick Bernards provides a comprehensive critique of the financialization discourse, offering vital insights about finance’s relationship to production, the state, colonialism, and nature. This is an urgently important intervention on the financial dimensions of capitalist social domination.' -- Jack Copley, author of <i>Governing Financialization</i>