Race-making and Risk-distribution in Coffee Derivatives: An Extended Case-study of the International Commodity Exchange (ICE). Ghent University
Considering derivative markets increasing influence in ordering social and political realities the proposed research explores the ideas and struggles underpinning market-driven social change. Whereas the economist or trader tend to assume the emancipatory potential of markets, I contrast their perspective with an anti-colonial critique that argues for a more thorough interrogation of the processes and arrangements underpinning derivative ...