Financialization within the contemporary economic geography of Belgium
A quantitative screening shows that since the 1990s the financial assets and liabilities of important actors of the Belgian political economy have grown considerably. Whereas in other countries this growth of the financial sphere has been related to a transformation in capitalism in which ‘finance’...
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2018-04-01
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/20880 |
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| author | Jannes Van Loon |
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| description | A quantitative screening shows that since the 1990s the financial assets and liabilities of important actors of the Belgian political economy have grown considerably. Whereas in other countries this growth of the financial sphere has been related to a transformation in capitalism in which ‘finance’ becomes dominant – i.e., the rise of financialized capitalism – Belgian scholarship on ‘financialization’ is scarce. Therefore, this paper offers a first exploration on the ways in which financialization could be observable in Belgium and consequently could be reshaping its economic geography. Accordingly, the paper offers both an introduction on financialization in Belgium and inspiration for debate and further research for geographers studying (elements of) the contemporary economic geography of Belgium. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f73c2f4eccd48b6b89e8cd93b6ba2882022-12-21T23:38:24ZengSociété Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of GeographyBelgeo1377-23682294-91352018-04-01410.4000/belgeo.20880Financialization within the contemporary economic geography of BelgiumJannes Van LoonA quantitative screening shows that since the 1990s the financial assets and liabilities of important actors of the Belgian political economy have grown considerably. Whereas in other countries this growth of the financial sphere has been related to a transformation in capitalism in which ‘finance’ becomes dominant – i.e., the rise of financialized capitalism – Belgian scholarship on ‘financialization’ is scarce. Therefore, this paper offers a first exploration on the ways in which financialization could be observable in Belgium and consequently could be reshaping its economic geography. Accordingly, the paper offers both an introduction on financialization in Belgium and inspiration for debate and further research for geographers studying (elements of) the contemporary economic geography of Belgium.http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/20880financialized capitalismfinancializationBelgiumeconomic geographypolitical economy |
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| title | Financialization within the contemporary economic geography of Belgium |
| title_full | Financialization within the contemporary economic geography of Belgium |
| title_fullStr | Financialization within the contemporary economic geography of Belgium |
| title_full_unstemmed | Financialization within the contemporary economic geography of Belgium |
| title_short | Financialization within the contemporary economic geography of Belgium |
| title_sort | financialization within the contemporary economic geography of belgium |
| topic | financialized capitalism financialization Belgium economic geography political economy |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/20880 |
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