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The Moralisation of Global Markets Through Language and Communication

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The final chapter takes the reader back to the question about what the moralisation of global markets in discursive forms offers market actors as well as society. The chapter searches for agency in this market practice, and questions whether the moralisation of global markets can be found through its industrialisation. Finally, the chapter suggests plurality as a possibility for the moralisation of global markets, and the acknowledgement of how—in all its complexity—the moralisation of global markets through discursive means is a double-edged sword with material consequences.

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Cerne, A. (2019). The Moralisation of Global Markets Through Language and Communication. In: Moralising Global Markets. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75981-4_7

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