Missed, Liquid Firm: An Essay on Risk, Finance, and Firm

This book is a metaphorical, essay-style exploration intended to question and reflect on the fundamental assumptions and principles underlying economics and business studies. The motivation for writing the book is, on one hand, the recognition of a lack of logical consistency and historical perspective in economics, and on the other hand, the metaphorical rhetoric surrounding corporations. The central themes of this book include risk, money, and trade—the core components of capitalism—as well as the institutions that embody them, such as insurance, markets, firms, and finance. It also examines major crises like the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. To uncover the mythological and magical dimensions of capitalism, the book continually engages with anthropology, philosophy, and sociology. It intersects with economics and finance while drawing on the ideas of Mauss, Polanyi, Foucault, Deleuze, Marx, Weber, and others. Additionally, firms and finance can be understood through the forms of matter—gas, liquid, and solid. These metaphors already pervade our language, shaping how we conceptualize economic forces.