Tragedy and farce in the second great depression: A Marxian look at the panic of 2008 and its aftermath

Rethinking Marxism

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Bair, Asatar ^a  

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Author keywords

Class; Fiscal Stimulus; Macroeconomic Policy; Productive Labor; Unproductive Labor

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956184335     PISSN: 08935696     EISSN: 14758059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08935691003625547     Document Type: Article

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