Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. 1 WHAT IS FINANCIAL EXPERTISE? 31
5. 2 TALK, SPECTACLE, AND EXPERTISE 64
6. 3 THE ORGANIZATION OF EXPERT TALK 84
7. 4 STRATEGIC FACEWORK The Expert Presentation of Experts 107
8. 5 UNFAULTABLE TALK 131
9. 6 TALK AND TRUTH 158
10. 7 MANAGING AUDIENCES 185
11. CONCLUSION 209
12. APPENDIX 1 Hong Kong as a Global Financial Center 221
13. APPENDIX 2 Ethnographic Methods 225
14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 229
15. NOTES 231
16. REFERENCES 243
17. INDEX 257