A critical assessment of the financialisation process and its impact on the US labour force during the great recession

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 97-111

  Charles, Aurelie ^a   Fontana, Giuseppe ^b,c  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnic and gender inequality.; Financialisation; Great recession; Securitisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953902556     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2011.039578     Document Type: Article

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