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Speculating on sovereignty: ‘money mining’ and corporate foreign policy at the extractive industry frontier

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posted on 2023-06-09, 17:09 authored by Paul GilbertPaul Gilbert
In this paper, I examine the capacity that ‘technologies of the imagination’ have to suture routinized financial practices in the City of London to the opening up of new extractive industry ‘frontiers’. I focus on the political risk rankings through which host jurisdictions of speculative projects are assessed, and the selection of discount rates in the valuation of prospective mines. By treating these as technologies of the imagination – rather than calculative devices – the significance of the meaning created by mining professionals as they generate images of ‘politically risky’ territories or jurisdictions prone to ‘resource nationalism’ comes into view, along with a particular deployment of international investment law upon which speculative activity in the junior mining market depends.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Economy and Society

ISSN

0308-5147

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

1

Volume

49

Page range

16-44

Department affiliated with

  • International Development Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2019-09-18

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2021-08-20

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-09-18

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