Erwartungen spielen für das wirtschaftliche Handeln in kapitalistischen Ökonomien eine zentrale Rolle. Woher aber kommen die Erwartungen der Akteure, auf deren Grundlagen sie Entscheidungen treffen? Der Artikel nähert sich dieser Frage anhand der Darlegung von sieben Formen der sozialen...

Capitalist dynamics is energized in part by imaginaries of future states of the world (Beckert 2016). The paper deals with two questions: Why do fictional expectations change in the course of capitalist development? And: Are fictional expectations becoming more important in contemporary capitalism?

Narratives of the future are a crucial source of the dynamics of capitalism (Beckert 2016). Since there are no future facts, assessments of the future necessarily need to rely on accounts that cannot be limited to the presentation of facts. This means they cannot be true or false, but they can...

Capitalist dynamics is energized in part by imaginaries of future states of the world (Beckert 2016). The paper deals with two questions: Why do fictional expectations change in the course of capitalist development? And: Are fictional expectations becoming more important in contemporary capitalism?

Narratives of the future are a crucial source of the dynamics of capitalism (Beckert 2016). Since there are no future facts, assessments of the future necessarily need to rely on accounts that cannot be limited to the presentation of facts. This means they cannot be true or false, but they can...

Erwartungen spielen für das wirtschaftliche Handeln in kapitalistischen Ökonomien eine zentrale Rolle. Woher aber kommen die Erwartungen der Akteure, auf deren Grundlagen sie Entscheidungen treffen? Der Artikel nähert sich dieser Frage anhand der Darlegung von sieben Formen der sozialen...

Dynamic capitalist economies are characterised by relentless innovation and novelty and hence exhibit an indeterminacy that cannot be reduced to measurable risk. How then do economic actors form expectations and decide how to act despite this uncertainty? This paper focuses on the role played by...

Dynamic capitalist economies are characterised by relentless innovation and novelty and hence exhibit an indeterminacy that cannot be reduced to measurable risk. How then do economic actors form expectations and decide how to act despite this uncertainty? This paper focuses on the role played by...