Jürgen Schraten Jürgen Schraten is a sociologist at the University of Giessen. Currently he acts as principal investigator of a research project comparing the role of contracts and property in the financialized economies of South Africa, the UnitedStates and Germany. His recent publications include 'Habits of Austerity, Financialization and New Ways of Dealing with Money', in Keith Hart (ed.), Economy For and Against Democracy, (Berghahn, 2015). Read More Read Less