Capitalizing a future unsustainable: Finance, energy and the fate of market civilization

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-388

  DiMuzio, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Capitalization; energy; global warming; green economy; peak oil; power theory of value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865105309     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2011.570604     Document Type: Article

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