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Social construction of a variety of markets: income capitalization and platform capitalism1 1 I am grateful for the careful and generous reading of two anonymous reviewers who contributed decisively to the improvement of this version.

Abstract

This article seeks to contribute to outlining issues of a broad agenda of reflections that enable us to advance in the construction of some of the main theoretical and historical mediations for a better understanding of the expansive and contradictory dynamics of capitalism, emphasizing the role of money, platforms and the social construction of markets in the current conjuncture. It indicates how the relations between money and markets can allow for an approach that dialogues with the perspective of Platform Capitalism as a geohistorical context of operations of economic activities, calculations and exchanges that are mediated by digital devices and technologies. Finally, it is argued that there are other varied and polymorphic markets in the concrete reality of everyday life, far beyond capitalist markets, which can constitute a promising horizon of alternatives for insurgent and emancipatory actions.

Keywords:
Capitalism; Money; Markets; Platform Capitalism

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