Differential accumulation: Towards a new political economy of capital

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-216

  Nitzan, Jonathan ^a  

^a Marianopolis College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital; Institutional economics; Mumford; Power; Technology; Veblen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032362926     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096922998347543     Document Type: Article

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