Contents

Contributors vii

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction 1

ANDREW BARRY AND DON SLATER

1 The economy of qualities 28

MICHEL CALLON, CECILE MEADEL AND VOLOLONA RABEHARISOA

2 From calculation to alienation: disentangling

economic abstractions 51

DON SLATER

3 Externalities in comparative guise 66

Marilyn Strathern

4 The anti-political economy 84

ANDREW BARRY

5 Technology, politics and the market: an interview

with Michel Callon 101

INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY ANDREW BARRY AND DON SLATER

6 From pipes to scopes: the flow architecture of

financial markets 122

KARIN KNORR-CETINA

7 Cultural political economy, the knowledge-based

economy, and the state 142

BOB JESSOP