Inequality, Imbalance, Instability: Reflections on a Structural Crisis

Development and Change

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-86

  Saith, Ashwani ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FISCAL POLICY; GLOBALIZATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; WAGE;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954476395     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01705.x     Document Type: Article

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