Assetization: Turning Things into Assets in Technoscientific Capitalism (Inside Technology)

By: Kean Birch and Fabian Muniesa

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Synopsis: How the asset--anything that can be controlled, traded, and capitalized as a revenue stream--has become the primary basis of technoscientific capitalism.In this book, scholars from a range of disciplines argue that the asset--meaning anything that can be controlled, traded, and capitalized as a revenue stream--has become the primary basis of technoscientific capitalism. An asset can be an object or an experience, a sum of money or a life form, a patent or a bodily function. A process of assetization prevails, imposing investment and return as the key rationale, and overtaking commodification and its speculative logic. Although assets can be bought and sold, the point is to get a durable economic rent from them rather than make a killing on the market.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780262359023
Related ISBNs:: 9780262539173
Publisher:: MIT Press
Date of Addition:: 07/14/20
Copyrighted By:: Kean Birch, Fabian Muniesa
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Technology, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Kean Birch
Edited by:: Fabian Muniesa