Download or read book Cultures of Financialization written by M. Haiven and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide range of case studies, Cultures of Financialization argues that, in our age of crisis, the global economy is more invested than ever in culture and the imagination. We must take the idea of 'fictitious capital' seriously as a way to understand the power of finance, and what might be done to stop it.