The Madoffization of Society: A Corrosive Process in an Age of Fictitious Capital

Critical Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 869-887

  Monaghan, Lee F ^a   O'Flynn, Micheal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Open University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

crisis; fictitious capital; financialization; fraud; neoliberalism; political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872193449     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920512446760     Document Type: Article

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