Collapsed Mythologies

Dayna Casey & Eline Benjaminsen

The realm of finance has its own eco-logics. Hectocorns offer behemoths poison pills, whales take fledglings to the moon, disappear into dark pools, and form fraudulent daisy chains with one another. Collapsed Mythologies: A Geofinancial Atlas examines the slang terms used by traders and other financial professionals, transporting us to a language both real and supernatural. Between what these terms mean and the ecological world they refer to, Benjaminsen and Casey detect a rich mythological history. Unpacking this charming language reveals the absurd (super)natural 'fictions' that materially and violently shape our worldly ecology.