Knowledge at work: Some neoliberal anachronisms

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-565

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment contracts; Firms; Hobson; Knowledge; Markets; Neoliberalism; Veblen

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744455609     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760500364403     Document Type: Review

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