Artikel

The Ritual of Capitalization

For more than a century, political economists have sought to understand the nature of capital. The prevailing wisdom is that there must be something ‘real’ – some productive capacity – that underpins capitalized values. This thinking, I argue, is a mistake. Building on Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler’s theory of capital as power, I argue that capitalization is an ideology. It is a quantitative ritual for converting earnings into present value. Although the ritual is arbitrary, it gives rise to astonishing empirical regularities, reviewed here.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Real-World Economics Review ; ISSN: 1755-9472 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 97 ; Pages: 78-95 ; Bristol: World Economics Association

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Political Economy; Property Rights
Other Economic Systems: Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Thema
capitalization
discounting
power
stock market

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Fix, Blair
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
World Economics Association
(wo)
Bristol
(wann)
2021

Handle
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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Fix, Blair
  • World Economics Association

Entstanden

  • 2021

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