The revenge of the market on the rentiers. Why neo-liberal reports of the end of history turned out to be premature

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 829-869

  Palma, José Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causes of financial crisis; Foucault; Ideology; Income distribution; Investment; Neo liberalism; Rent seeking; Risk

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENT; KEYNESIAN THEORY; MACROECONOMICS; NEOLIBERALISM; RENT SEEKING;

EID: 67650413560     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bep037     Document Type: Article

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