The reason why the idea of fictitious capital is useful is because it draws our attention to the way that finance foments and depends on the production of social fictions.

Financialization both foments and relies upon discursive and material formations such as precariousness, security, play, creativity and resistance.

That injustice foments violence is easy to accept; but this is where the difficulties begin.

fomenting trouble in the Middle East

we should do the same with the progress of global capitalism today: keep in mind its dark underside, which is fomenting revolts

Capitalism foments divisions between people to facilitate the concentration of wealth, but it can also permit individuals economic mobility in ways that protect its intrinsic inequalities.