Bailing out the Wealthy: Responses to the Financial Crisis, Ponzi Neoliberalism, and the City

Human Geography(United Kingdom)

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 54-84

  Walks, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cities; ciudades; crisis financiera; crisis social urbana; financial crisis; neoliberalismo ponzi; policy; pol tica; ponzi neoliberalism; urban social crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855225710     PISSN: 19427786     EISSN: 2633674X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194277861000300303     Document Type: Article

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