conference info: Rethinking Capitalism (4/7/2011-4/9/2011) The model for valuing derivatives has become a new way of understanding capitalism as a production of new property (a commodity) by means of contract alone. Scholars in the social sciences and humanities are seeking to understand the difference that this new shape of capital has made to their fields. Within the minutiae of esoteric financial instruments lie social, political, and religious assumptions that remain largely unexamined to this day. The analysis that the Bruce Initiative fosters directly impacts the assumption and thinking that undergirds accounting, economics, and finance. Rethinking Capitalism aims to connect those who are technically adept at the new financial technologies with scholars of culture, institutions, ethics and theology. We support original research in political economy and the social study of finance. host links: The Bruce Initiative on Rethinking Capitalism

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