Why is unprecedented financialization failing to provoke a strong political backlash? The role of financial markets, motives, actors, and institutions has expanded continuously in recent decades, but – contrary to Polanyi’s “double movement” theory and despite the current financial...

The role of financial markets, motives, actors, and institutions has expanded continuously in recent decades, but – contrary to Polanyi's “double movement” theory and despite the current financial crisis – market-containment efforts have grown weaker over time. The present paper...