Philip Roscoe is Professor in Management at the University of St Andrews. His research takes a sociological approach to markets and finance. A former journalist, he was one of the first BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Thinkers. His previous book, How to Build a Stock Exchange, was published by Bristol University Press in 2023.

• 1 Introduction2 Markets are Networks 3 The End of History? 4 Meeting Santa and Making Markets5 Markets and the Law6 Histories of Accumulation7 What Should not be for Sale? 8The Drama of Markets 9 Crisis and the End of an Era 10 Civilizing Markets?

‘A 360° tour of markets, like a filmmaker roaming economies with a camera – simple yet deep, detailed without ever losing perspective. A must-read.’ Koray Caliskan, The New School

Philip Roscoe is Professor in Management at the University of St Andrews. His research takes a sociological approach to markets and finance. A former journalist, he was one of the first BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Thinkers. His previous book, How to Build a Stock Exchange, was published by Bristol University Press in 2023.

• 1 Introduction2 Markets are Networks 3 The End of History? 4 Meeting Santa and Making Markets5 Markets and the Law6 Histories of Accumulation7 What Should not be for Sale? 8The Drama of Markets 9 Crisis and the End of an Era 10 Civilizing Markets?

‘A 360° tour of markets, like a filmmaker roaming economies with a camera – simple yet deep, detailed without ever losing perspective. A must-read.’ Koray Caliskan, The New School

Philip Roscoe is Professor in Management at the University of St Andrews. His research takes a sociological approach to markets and finance. A former journalist, he was one of the first BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Thinkers. His previous book, How to Build a Stock Exchange, was published by Bristol University Press in 2023.

• 1 Introduction2 Markets are Networks 3 The End of History? 4 Meeting Santa and Making Markets5 Markets and the Law6 Histories of Accumulation7 What Should not be for Sale? 8The Drama of Markets 9 Crisis and the End of an Era 10 Civilizing Markets?

‘A 360° tour of markets, like a filmmaker roaming economies with a camera – simple yet deep, detailed without ever losing perspective. A must-read.’ Koray Caliskan, The New School