* Winner of the 2021 RECASP Essay Prize * Assets are a crucial concept of the practice and mindset of the capitalist … class. Critical analyses of capitalism, however, tend to admit that the exchange of commodities is the foundation of the … analysis of capitalism. This article takes a different approach. I claim that assets offer a solid starting point for a …

reconceptualizing the field of finance. These two issues are closely related. The answer to the question, "what are assets?", will give …Assets are a crucial concept of the practice and mindset of the capitalist class. Critical analyses of capitalism …, however, tend to admit that the exchange of commodities is the foundation of the analysis of capitalism. This article takes a …

this paper is to address this mismatch. Using a broad brush, we outline a new, power theory of capital and accumulation. We …

companies in the context of debates regarding corporate financialization. We find that since the 2003–2011 commodity boom …