Banking on Words: The Failure of Language in the Age of Derivative Finance

by Arjun Appadurai

Book Overview

In this provocative look at one of the most important events of our time, renowned scholar Arjun Appadurai argues that the economic collapse of 2008--while indeed spurred on by greed, ignorance, weak regulation, and irresponsible risk-taking--was, ultimately, a failure of language. To prove this sophisticated point, he takes us into the world of derivative finance, which has become the core of contemporary trading and the primary target of blame for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022631877X
• ISBN13: 9780226318776
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"