Andersson, Jenny - In: Economic sociology : perspectives and conversations 21 (2019) 1, pp. 54-55
In Nathaniel Rich's novel Odds Against Tomorrow, a futurist by the name of Mitchell Zukor is born from the ashes of Seattle, the city devastated by fire. In the wake of the Seattle disaster, American corporations turn to a new industry, the future industry, no longer in the realm of assuring...