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Introduction
Part One: Decision-making in an uncertain world
The temporal order of capitalism
Expectations and uncertainty
Fictional expectations
Part Two: Building blocks of capitalism
Money and credit: the promise of future value
Investments: imaginaries of profit
Innovation: imaginaries of technological futures
Consumption: value from meaning
Part Three: Instruments of imagination
Forecasting: creating the present
Economic theory: the crystal ball of calculative devices
Conclusion: the enchanted world of capitalism.
Part One: Decision-making in an uncertain world
The temporal order of capitalism
Expectations and uncertainty
Fictional expectations
Part Two: Building blocks of capitalism
Money and credit: the promise of future value
Investments: imaginaries of profit
Innovation: imaginaries of technological futures
Consumption: value from meaning
Part Three: Instruments of imagination
Forecasting: creating the present
Economic theory: the crystal ball of calculative devices
Conclusion: the enchanted world of capitalism.