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Professor Paul Langley's Outputs (5)

Impact investors: The ethical financialization of development, society and nature (2020)
Book Chapter
Langley, P. (2021). Impact investors: The ethical financialization of development, society and nature. In J. Knox-Hayes, & D. Wojcik (Eds.), Routledge handbook of financial geography. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351119061

With increasing numbers of investors rejecting the notion that they face a binary choice between investing for maximum risk-adjusted returns or donating for social purpose, the impact investment market is at a significant turning point as it enters t... Read More about Impact investors: The ethical financialization of development, society and nature.

The financialization of life (2020)
Book Chapter
Langley, P. (2020). The financialization of life. In P. Mader, D. Mertens, & N. van der Zwan (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of financialization. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315142876-6

The purpose of this chapter is to elaborate upon financialization research that draws on the post-structural theorizations of contemporary power relations provided by Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze. The intertwined theoretical projects of Foucaul... Read More about The financialization of life.

Financial flows: Spatial imaginaries of speculative circulations (2017)
Book Chapter
Langley, P. (2017). Financial flows: Spatial imaginaries of speculative circulations. In B. Christophers, A. Leyshon, & G. Mann (Eds.), Money and finance after the crisis : critical thinking for uncertain times (69-90). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119051374.ch3

Viewed from the vantage points provided by political economy and a range of allied critical theories, a spatiality of circulation is a defining feature of capitalist money and finance. For financial markets in particular, it is the capacity to commod... Read More about Financial flows: Spatial imaginaries of speculative circulations.

The ethical investor and embodied economies. (2010)
Book Chapter
Langley, P. (2010). The ethical investor and embodied economies. In R. Abdelal, M. Blyth, & C. Parson (Eds.), Constructing the International Economy. Cornell University Press

Consumer credit, self-discipline, and risk management. (2009)
Book Chapter
Langley, P. (2009). Consumer credit, self-discipline, and risk management. In G. Clark, A. Dixon, & A. Monk (Eds.), Managing Financial Risks: From Global to Local (280-300). Oxford University Press