Banking Across Boundaries Placing Finance In Capitalism Brett Christophersauth by Brett Christophers(auth.) 9781118295496, 9781444338294, 1118295498, 1444338293 instant download after payment.

This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual ‘placement’. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking ‘productiveness’ have evolved alongside the shifting loci of banking activity.

• An original contribution to the urgent debates taking place on banking sparked by the current economic crisis
• Offers a unique perspective on the geographical and social concept of ‘placement’ of the banking industry
• Combines theoretical approaches from political economy with contemporary literature on the performativity of economicsContent:
  Chapter none Introduction (pages 1–24):
  Chapter 1 The Birth of Economic Productiveness (pages 25–56):
  Chapter 2 Instrumental Internationalism (pages 57–100):
  Chapter 3 Enclosing the Unproductive (pages 101–145):
  Chapter 4 America, and Boundaries Breached (pages 146–184):
  Chapter 5 Layering the Logics of Free Trade in Banking (pages 185–228):
  Chapter 6 Anaemic Geographies of Productive Finance (pages 229–274):