아야드 악타르의 『보이지 않는 손』에 나타난 국제 금융 시스템의 착취적, 폭력적 속성에 대한 고찰 (A Study on the Exploitative and Violent Attributes of Global Financial System in Ayad Akhtar’s The Invisible Hand)

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초록

Ayad Akhtar, in The Invisible Hand, makes us think about the exploitative and violent attributes of neoliberal financial system. For this purpose, he contrasts the two main characters. Bashir, a former British Pakistani turned an Islam fundamentalist, opposes all the neoliberal policies imposed by the Pakistan government and foreign capitals. By contrast, Nick, a high ranking American official of the Citibank in Pakistan turned a kidnappee, represents the neoliberal financial system and practices led by the US. While working with Nick who uses highly speculative neoliberal financial products such as futures and options in investment, Bashir learns that neoliberal financial products are fundamentally exploitative and destructive since they are basically casinolike money games detached from real economy that produces services and goods. Furthermore, Bashir has come to an understanding that the US has controlled the world through the reserve currency rather than bring growth, cooperation and peace promised by the Bretton Woods System. Therefore, it is time for us to reregulate risky neoliberal financial system and move toward a common global currency in order to stabilize the world economy and to bring the world peace.

영어초록

Ayad Akhtar, in The Invisible Hand, makes us think about the exploitative and violent attributes of neoliberal financial system. For this purpose, he contrasts the two main characters. Bashir, a former British Pakistani turned an Islam fundamentalist, opposes all the neoliberal policies imposed by the Pakistan government and foreign capitals. By contrast, Nick, a high ranking American official of the Citibank in Pakistan turned a kidnappee, represents the neoliberal financial system and practices led by the US. While working with Nick who uses highly speculative neoliberal financial products such as futures and options in investment, Bashir learns that neoliberal financial products are fundamentally exploitative and destructive since they are basically casinolike money games detached from real economy that produces services and goods. Furthermore, Bashir has come to an understanding that the US has controlled the world through the reserve currency rather than bring growth, cooperation and peace promised by the Bretton Woods System. Therefore, it is time for us to reregulate risky neoliberal financial system and move toward a common global currency in order to stabilize the world economy and to bring the world peace.

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