From Marx to Morgan Stanley: Inequality and Financial Crisis

Development and Change

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-227

  Mah Hui, Michael Lim ^a   Ee, Khor Hoe ^b  

^a Socio Economic and Environmental Research Institute   (Malaysia)

^b Monetary Authority of Singapore   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; SAVINGS;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954497312     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01693.x     Document Type: Article

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