The editors of Finance and Society are pleased to announce the publication of volume 9, number 1. The issue features a keynote essay by Janet Roitman on platform economies beyond the North-South divide. Research articles address climate change central banking (Matthias Thiemann et al.) and property valuation in Brazil (Lucia Shimbo and Daniel Sanfelici). The issue also includes a forum exploring the ‘Edges of the financial imagination’, with contributions from Amin Samman, Carolyn Biltoft, Susan Zieger, Leah Downey, Stefan Eich, Fabian Muniesa, Fabio Vighi, Martijn Konings, and Geraldine Juárez. The issue is fully open-access and freely available to all. Check out the full volume here!
Keynote essay
Platform economies: Beyond the North-South divide
Janet Roitman
Research articles
Beyond market neutrality? Central banks and the problem of climate change
Matthias Thiemann, Tim Büttner, Oliver Kessler
Globalizing financial valuation: International property consultants in São Paulo
Lucia Shimbo, Daniel Sanfelici
Forum: Edges of the financial imagination
Edges of the financial imagination
Amin Samman, Martijn Konings
The void in finance
Amin Samman
Eros and the nature of ‘interest’
Carolyn Biltoft
Fake goods
Susan Zieger
Crypto-politics and counterfeit democracy
Leah Downey, Stefan Eich
Revaluation fantasy
Fabian Muniesa
Financial delusions and the persistence of capital
Fabio Vighi
Imagining the future in bailout capitalism
Martijn Konings
Freeze to defrost! Negating the asset form
Geraldine Juárez