Clogged systems and toxic assets: News metaphors, neoliberal ideology, and the United States "Wall Street Bailout" of 2008

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-49

  Horner, Jennifer R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Ideology; Metaphor; Neoliberalism; Public discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959989281     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.10.1.02hor     Document Type: Article

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