The discrete charm of the Washington consensus

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-560

  Kregel, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Center for Full Employment and Price Stability   (United States)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Development finance; Financial crisis; Latin American development; Washington consensus

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949127569     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477300403     Document Type: Review

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