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vii Acknowledgments If ever a book was privileged by good friendship and conversation , this is it. My deep appreciation goes to Bruce Braun and­ Vinay Gidwani, intrepid supporters and faithful challengers many years in and out, and to Tracey Deutsch and Karen Ho, stalwart comrades and fellow conveners of the generative Markets in Time research collaborative at the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota. I am eternally grateful to the good folks who posed the right questions of the book, in whole or in part, or who simply planted in my mind essential turns of thought, at just the right moments: Vinay Gidwani, Marv Taylor, Bruce Braun, Morgan Adamson, the reviewers commissioned by the University of Minnesota Press, and ­ Jason Weidemann , my editor at the University of Minnesota Press. Jason’s enthusiasm has been exceptional and the press’s staff terrific to work with—Mike Hanson, Dani Kasprzak, Alicia Sellheim, Anne Wrenn, and others who do the good work of making books possible, I am indebted to you. Sabbatical and fellowship leaves were instrumental, and I owe thanks to the Department of­ Geography, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the Faculty Sabbatical Supplement Fund, all at the University of Minnesota. Because a book is always more than the story it supposes itself to be, the work, hope, and dreams represented here are forever stamped by the love and kindness of my parents, my brother, my sister, and the circle of extraordinary friends upon whom I’ve leaned in the last couple of years. There is one person for whom no acknowledgment can be too great: my son Simon, Mr. Bones, my heart. This Marx is for you. ...

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