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xiii This book has traveled a long way since its first insecure steps in Newcastle in the wake of 9/11, when the pursuit of terrorist monies first became a broad public and political concern. I became fascinated with the emergence of new suspect financial spaces in the context of what would be called “the war on terror.” Having just completed Virtue, Fortune, and Faith, a book about the historical, cultural, and political debates concerning the uneasy boundaries of (il)legitimate financial practice and the dividing line between gambling and speculation, I was struck by possible parallels. Discourses on “hawala” and underground monies mirrored earlier historical notions of financial deviance and gambling. Injunctions to new financial regulation and financial datamining deployed historically durable notions of futures, time, and security in novel ways. Much of this book was written while I worked at the Department of European Studies of the University of Amsterdam, and I thank Head of Department Michael Wintle for his support. During my last stages of work on the manuscript, support from my new colleagues at the politics department at the University of Amsterdam, in particular John Grin and Marlies Glasius, has been unmissable. I am grateful to Jason Weidemann and Danielle Kasprzak at the University of Minnesota Press for their enthusiastic and expert encouragement. Sophie Villerius provided crucial assistance in the final phases of manuscript preparation. FinancialsupportisacknowledgedfromtheNetherlandseOrganisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), award number 365-98-003, and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) RES 062-23-0594. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiv acknowledgments My sincere thanks to many friends and colleagues who read and commented on papers and presentations drawn from this book at seminars and workshops across Europe and the United States, including Anthony Amicelle, Ben Anderson, Claudia Aradau, Jacqueline Best, J. Peter Burgess, David Campbell, André Gerrits, Joyce Goggin, AlexandraHall,LuisLobo-Guerrero,RandyMartin,ValsamisMitsilegas, Mathew Paterson, Rita Raley, Beate Roessler, Rens van Munster, William Walters, and Mara Wesseling. Special thanks to Paul Langley and Mark Salter for their endorsement and their insightful suggestions. Louise Amoore’s friendship and continuing intellectual challenge is essential to my work, and I thank her for that. My gratitude to friends and family: Elke, Danielle, Liedwien, Cyrano, Jeroen, and especially Meu, who taught me that sometimes you have to go against the stream. Finally, my unreserved gratitude to G., who is very patient. ...

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