Introduction
Financial speculations: Contested constructions of markets and crisis - Graham Murdock
 
Part 1: Insider talk
Chapter 1: Financial insider talk in the city of London – Aeron Davis
Chapter 2: Funny in a rich man’s world: The contradictory conception of money in forex trading – Peter A. Thompson
Chapter 3: Stating support for the city: Thirty years of budget talk – Catherine Walsh
 
Part 2: News talk
Chapter 4: More of the same: News, economic growth and the recycling of conventional wisdom - Justin Lewis and Richard Thomas
Chapter 5: Conflict of interest disclosure in economics: Will journalists aid the cause? – George DeMartino
Chapter 6: Trouble in the market: Differentiation in the Norwegian financial news landscape – Nina Kvalheim and Helle Sjovaag
Chapter 7: Covering the crisis: Politics and culture – Jostein Gripsrud
 
Part 3: Screen talk
Chapter 8: No guns, no rules, just pure capitalism! Hollywood’s portraits of Wall Street – Anja Peltzer
Chapter 9: System down! Three documentary accounts of crisis – John Corner
 
Part 4: Everyday talk
Chapter 10: ‘I just hope the whole thing won’t collapse’: ‘Understanding’ and ‘overcoming’ the EU financial crisis from the citizen’s perspective – Andreas Hepp, Swantje Lingeberg, Monika Elsler, Johanna Muller, Anna Mollen and Anke Offerhaus
 
Afterword
Business as usual and its discontents – Graham Murdock
 
Notes on contributors
Index