The productive life of risk

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-391

  Zaloom, Caitlin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Chicago; Exchange; Finance; Risk; Speculation; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544255664     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2004.19.3.365     Document Type: Review

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