Escaping the tyranny of earned income? The failure of finance as social innovation

New Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-164

  Froud, Julie ^a   Johal, Sukhdev ^a   Montgomerie, Johnna ^a   Williams, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit and debt; Finance; Household; Innovation; Ownership; Social

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MARKETING; OWNERSHIP; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL SECURITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951150148     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460903553723     Document Type: Article

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