Financialisation, financial literacy and asset-based welfare

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-421

  Finlayson, Alan ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset based welfare; Child Trust Fund; Financial literacy; Financialisation

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LABOR POLICY; MARKETING; POLICY REFORM; SAVINGS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 67650602943     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2009.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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