Markets and populist publics may share a common yearning for uncertainty

Evidence

Too often we think of markets as natural proponents of economic and political stability, much as we associate the parochialism of regressive nationalism with a nostalgic craving for the (imagined) security of an earlier era. But what if markets and publics now coalesce around a shared yearning for uncertainty? — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 65

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s finance/speculation work on how prediction markets shape social imagination — the idea that uncertainty itself is the commodity both markets and publics crave. — connects to: Political populists and financiers both profit from political uncertainty. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 379; Neopopulism strategically manufactures and amplifies uncertainty rather than offering alternatives — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 442; Regressive populism and speculative finance are forming new alliances. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 57 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Populist passions animate rather than oppose financial rationality #corroborates (0.85) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 268
• Populism may itself express the public’s irrational exuberance #qualifies (0.85) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 686
• Populists and the arch-speculator Soros share a disposition of harnessing political uncertainty for yield #corroborates (0.80) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 247
• Speculation now means endorsing uncertainty as a tactic for social survival #corroborates (0.80) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 20
• The spirit of capitalism shifts from risk-taking to uncertainty-endorsing speculation. #corroborates (0.78) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 79
• Speculative intimacies are anxious wagers offering scant hope against uncertainty #corroborates (0.75)
• Radicalized uncertainty pushes societies to adopt finance as a model for imagining the future #corroborates (0.75) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 18