American prosperity and the "race to the bottom:" Why won't the media ask the right questions?

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-151

  Champlin, Dell P ^a   Knoedler, Janet T ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Media coverage and institutionalism; Media coverage of economics; Media coverage of the middle class

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649088407     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2008.11507118     Document Type: Article

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