THE ZOMBIE BANK AND THE MAGIC OF FINANCE: Or: How to write a history of crisis

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-246

  Nelms, Taylor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

finance; histories of capitalism; magic; metaphors of crisis; zombie banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876017660     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2012.660793     Document Type: Article

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