Insurgent capitalism: Island, bricolage and the re-making of finance

Drawing on recent discussions of the material cultures of markets and of financial innovation as bricolage, this paper explores the development of Island, a new share-trading venue set up in 1995. We examine Island's roots in a very specific conflict in the US financial markets and in the infor...

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Published in:	Economy and society Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 153 - 182
Main Authors:	MacKenzie, Donald, Pablo Pardo-Guerra, Juan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon Routledge 03.04.2014 Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects:	Bricolage Capitalism Conflict Cultural Conflict Europe Finance Financial innovation Fringes high-frequency trading Information Innovations Insurgency Island Islands Libertarianism Markets matching engine Material Culture materiality Securities markets Securities trading social studies of finance Stocks Studies U.S.A United States of America Western Europe United States > US
ISSN:	0308-5147, 1469-5766
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