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{{a|myth|}}{{d|Finance fiction|/ˈfaɪəns ˈfɪkʃən/|n|}} (As per the phonetics, pronounced “fience fiction”) Finance fiction, or fi-fi, is a postmodern fiction genre. It combines elements of science fiction, fantasy, history, management theory and jurisprudence to into a single amorphous, disintegrating, gonzo whole. It is reflexive, illogical, self-refuting, enlightened, continental, rational, impossible, anarchic, auto-erotic world-building and self-destructive. The first universally recognised example of fi-fi was {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s 2022 opus the {{br|The ISDA Protocol}}.
{{a|myth|}}{{d|Finance fiction|/ˈfaɪəns ˈfɪkʃən/|n|}} (As per the phonetics, pronounced “fience fiction”)  
 
Finance fiction, or “[[fi-fi]]”, is a [[Post-modern|post-modern]] literary genre combining elements of science fiction, fantasy, history, legal drafting, management theory and jurisprudence to into a single amorphous, disintegrating, gonzo whole. It is reflexive, illogical, self-refuting, enlightened, continental, rational, impossible, anarchic, auto-erotic world-building and self-destructive. The first universally recognised example of fi-fi was {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s 2022 opus the {{br|The ISDA Protocol}}.

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Finance fiction
/ˈfaɪəns ˈfɪkʃən/ (n.)
(As per the phonetics, pronounced “fience fiction”)

Finance fiction, or “fi-fi”, is a post-modern literary genre combining elements of science fiction, fantasy, history, legal drafting, management theory and jurisprudence to into a single amorphous, disintegrating, gonzo whole. It is reflexive, illogical, self-refuting, enlightened, continental, rational, impossible, anarchic, auto-erotic world-building and self-destructive. The first universally recognised example of fi-fi was Hunter Barkley’s 2022 opus the The ISDA Protocol.