The indebted empire: America's current-account deficit problem

International Politics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-112

  Morgan, Iwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; CAPITAL; DEBT; EXCHANGE RATE; INVESTMENT; NATIONAL ECONOMY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; TRADE FLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049048117     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800147     Document Type: Article

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