Capitalism and degrowth - An impossibility theorem

Monthly Review

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 26-33

  Foster, John Bellamy ^a  

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EID: 79951696259     PISSN: 00270520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14452/MR-062-08-2011-01_2     Document Type: Article

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