The Certainty of Uncertainty. A Discussion of Patrik Aspers’ Book

Bruce G. Carruthers

doi:10.6092/issn.1971-8853/20622

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Bruce G. Carruthers Department of Sociology, Northwestern University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2703-3107

Bruce G. Carruthers is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University and a Long-term Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. His most recent book is The Economy of Promises: Trust, Power, and Credit in America, published in 2022 with Princeton University Press.

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/20622

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Uncertainty, decision-making, risk, institutions

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Patrik Aspers’ recent book on uncertainty offers a welcome opportunity to explore how risk and uncertainty are socially structured. I summarize and discuss Aspers’ contribution.

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Aspers, P. (2024). Uncertainty: Individuals Problems and Public Solutions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Knight, F. (1921). Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

Knight, J. (1992). Institutions and Social Conflict. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

March, J.G., & Simon, H.A. (1958). Organizations. New York, NY: Wiley.

North, D.C. (1990). Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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