An analysis of Karen Z. Ho's Liquidated : an ethnography of Wall Street

著者

    • Maggio, Rodolfo

書誌事項

An analysis of Karen Z. Ho's Liquidated : an ethnography of Wall Street

Rodolfo Maggio

(The Macat library)

Routledge, c2017

  • : pbk
  • : hbk

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A Macat analysis of Karen Z. Ho's Liquidated : an ethnography of Wall Street

A Macat analysis : Karen Z. Ho's Liquidated : an ethnography of Wall Street

Liquidated : an ethnography of Wall Street

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Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Liquidated is a work of anthropology that treats an unusual, despised subculture - that of the Wall Street banker - much as anthropologists have traditionally treated remote 'savage' tribes. But using the techniques of ethnography, including interviews, analysis of daily lives, and fieldwork to investigate a modern western culture is not original; what sets Ho's work apart and gives it value is her mastery of the critical thinking skills of problem-solving and creative thinking to reconceptualize the way in which we understand the bankers' mindset. Ho's great achievement is to ask productive questions, most obviously in drawing a distinction between bankers' self-image as capitalist warriors, freeing up value for themselves and shareholders by increasing the liquidity of the assets they invest in, and the social consequences of what they do. As Ho points out, not only is Wall Street institutionally inclined to embrace risk, in order to maximise profit; it is also prone to assume that increased liquidity (most often achieved by breaking up and selling off the parts of a large corporation) is a good in itself, irrespective of the outcomes for the workers actually involved in these disposals. Considering alternative possibilities, and generating fresh solutions, Ho determines that the capitalist principles that underpin Wall Street are myths, not the expression of some natural economic law..

目次

Ways in to the Text Who is Karen Ho? What does Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street Say? Why does Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB25299664
  • ISBN
    • 9781912128068
    • 9781912302079
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    London
  • ページ数/冊数
    90 p.
  • 大きさ
    21 cm
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