Uncertain Futures:Imaginaries, Narratives and Calculation in the Economy

1:An Introduction to Uncertain Futures
Section I: The Nature of Expectations in Modern Political Economies
2:Expectations, Narratives, and Socio-Economic Regimes
3:Conviction Narrative Theory and Understanding Decision-Making in Economics and Finance
4:Arctic Futures: Expectations, Interests, Claims, and the Making of Arctic Territory
Section II: The Strange World of Economic Forecasting
5:The Interactional Foundations of Economic Forecasting
6:Escaping the Reality Test: How Macroeconomic Forecasters Deal with 'Errors'
7:Uncertainty in Macroeconomic Modelling
Section III: The Role of Narratives and Planning in Central Banking
8:A Tractable Future: Central Banks in Conversation with their Publics
9:Central Bank Planning? Unconventional Monetary Policy and the Price of Bending the Yield Curve
Section IV: Constructing Futures in Finance
10:Predicted Uncertainty: Volatility Calculus and the Indeterminacy of the Future
11:Uncertain Meanings of Risk: Calculative Practices and Risk Conceptions in Credit Rating Agencies
Section V: Managing Expectations in Innovative Business
12:Processing the Future: Venture Project Evaluation at American Research and Development Corporation (1946-1973)
13:Discounting and the Making of the Future: On Uncertainty in Forest Management and Drug Development
14:The Dilemma between Aligned Expectations and Diversity in Innovation: Evidence from Early Energy Technology Policies