Socialization of investment' and 'euthanasia of the rentier': The relevance of Keynesian policy ideas for the contemporary US economy

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-64

  Pollin, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; KEYNESIAN CONCEPT; NATIONAL ECONOMY; POLICY FAILURE;

USA;

EID: 0030440262     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692179600000005     Document Type: Article

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