The simple analytics and empirics of the cyclical profit squeeze and cyclical underconsumption theories: Clearing the air

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 74-88

  Goldstein, Jonathan P ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0033148107     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/048661349903100205     Document Type: Article

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