Assetization better captures financialized capitalism than commodification or marketization concepts.

Evidence

The concept of assetization is regarded as an alternative to concepts of commodification and marketization that, deployed to understand the making of financial economies, lead to an over-emphasis on secondary exchange and speculative trading in financialized capitalism. — Paul Langley, Assets and Assetization in…, 26

Categorization

  • XREF: Contrasts with the reader’s prior frame on speculation and asset price bubbles as dominant. — connects to: Understanding value as assetization requires analyzing political economy, not just applying STS to finance. — Kean Birch, Rethinking Value in the Bio-economy:…, 115; Assetization supersedes commodification and marketization as the key analysis of financialized capitalism. — Paul Langley, Assets and Assetization in…, 19; Assets differ from both exchangeable commodities and simple rental property. — Paul Langley, Assets and Assetization in…, 19 (+3 more)

Broader Connections