Blood on the trading floor: Waste, sacrifice, and death in financial crises

Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-18

  Crosthwaite, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77958590314     PISSN: 0969725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969725X.2010.521380     Document Type: Review

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