Racial exclusion and the political economy of the subprime crisis

Historical Materialism

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-179

  Dymski, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing Credit; Racial Exclusion; Redlining; Subprime Crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549122791     PISSN: 14654466     EISSN: 1569206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156920609X436162     Document Type: Article

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