Is a democratic - Capitalist system compatible with a low-growth or steady-state economy?

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-232

  Lawn, Philip ^a  

^a School of Business Economics   (Australia)

Author keywords

Democratic Capitalist system; Limits to growth; Steady state economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644397031     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/SER/mwi009     Document Type: Article

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