Deep recession and financial instability or a new long wave of economic growth for U.S. capitalism? A regulation school approach

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-43

  O'Hara, Phillip Anthony ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep recession; Demand; Financial instability; Institutional forms; Long waves; Mode of regulation; Productivity; Regime of accumulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010927133     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0486613402250181     Document Type: Review

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