Finanzbildungsbürgertum und die Finanzialisierung des Alltags

In: Prokla: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft, Band 40, Heft 3, S. 377-393

Abstract

"Discourses around financial education and literacy in Germany are examined and contextualized within recent theories of financialization as a social process. Recent campaigns for financial education can be understood as aiming at the establishment of a 'Finanzbildungsbürgertum' (financially educated middle class). This concept can contribute to an understanding of financialization as a process that comprises social differentiation and appeals to aspirations of social distinction." (author's abstract)