Hedge funds as 'war machine': Making the positions work

New Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-28

  Ertürk, Ismail ^a   Leaver, Adam ^a   Williams, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bricolage; Conjuncture; Financial crisis; Financial innovation; Hedge funds; Nomadic war machine

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC THEORY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; INVESTMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 70649113948     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460903553566     Document Type: Article

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