1. Biographies of Hegemony: The Culture of Smartness and the Recruitment and Construction of Investment Bankers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Anthropology Goes to Wall Street 1
5. 1. Biographies of Hegemony: The Culture of Smartness and the Recruitment and Construction of Investment Bankers 39
6. 2. Wall Street’s Orientation: Exploitation, Empowerment, and the Politics of Hard Work 73
7. 3. Wall Street Historiographies and the Shareholder Value Revolution 122
8. 4. The Neoclassical Roots and Origin Narratives of Shareholder Value 169
9. 5. Downsizers Downsized: Job Insecurity and Investment Banking Corporate Culture 213
10. 6. Liquid Lives, Compensation Schemes, and the Making of (Unsustainable) Financial Markets 249
11. 7. Leveraging Dominance and Crises through the Global 295
12. Notes 325
13. References 353
14. Index 369