Acknowledgements

Thinking through the condition of poverty has been immeasurably enriched by provocation and guidance from our friends and colleagues at our workplaces and conferences during the writing of the book. Betweenus, we have benefitted from institutional support from the Centre for Digital Cultures at Leuphana University Lüneburg, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study at Uppsala University, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Otto Mønsted Foundation at Copenhagen Business School. In particular, we have received invitations to talk and study, and critical advice from: Armin Beverungen, Timon Beyes, Norah Campbell, Rasha Goumaa, Matthew Hancocks, Christian Garmann Johnsen, Peter Lenney, Renate Meyer, Claus Pias, Paul Spee, Annika Skoglund, Morten Thaning, Hari Tsoukas and Yutaka Yamauchi. We were extremely happy that Simon Denny allowed us to use the iconic image of the worker cage for the cover. Finally, we must thank everyone at Cambridge University Press for guiding us through the often delicate demands of getting the book into print.