Mobile Payments, Social Money: Everyday Politics of the Consumer Subject

• Published in: New political economy Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 645 - 660
• Main Authors: Kremers, Ruben, Brassett, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.11.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Brands; consumer subjectivity; Consumers; Consumption; Cost benefit analysis; Cultural Political Economy; Determinism; digitalization; Economic growth; Global economy; Interlocking directorates; International Political Economy; Logos; Mobile commerce; mobile money; mobile payments; Money; Organizational power; Payments; Political economy; Politics; Power; Subjectivity; Value; Values

How should we think about mobile payments systems such as Apple and Android Pay? We argue that mobile payments should be understood in the context of changing consumption practices and the wider problematic of the consumer subject in International Political Economy. One (managerialist) view of these...