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Assets and assetization in financialized capitalism

Langley, Paul

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In the wake of the global financial crisis of 2007–09, political economists have typically identified and interrogated speculative logics and credit-debt relations as the markers of financialized capitalism. This paper argues that assets, and the contingent processes which turn all manner of things into assets (i.e. ‘assetization’), can also be usefully foregrounded to understand the character and movement of financialized capitalism in the contemporary conjuncture, particularly in its Anglo-American heartlands. Centred on assets and assetization, research is refocused on the constitution of political economies of rent and investment, especially as the frontiers of financialized capitalism are extended to further incorporate nature and society. Research into financialized capitalism is also connected more explicitly to wider political debates over intensified inequalities, as the production and distribution of assets is key to wealth disparities and shapes fundamental stratifications across society.

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Langley, P. (2021). Assets and assetization in financialized capitalism. Review of International Political Economy, 28(2), 382-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2020.1830828

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Oct 20, 2020
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date Jul 23, 2020
Publicly Available Date Apr 20, 2022
Journal Review of International Political Economy
Print ISSN 0969-2290
Electronic ISSN 1466-4526
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 28
Issue 2
Pages 382-393
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2020.1830828

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