The macroeconomics of unemployment

A Modern Guide to Keynesian Macroeconomics and Economic Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 137-164

  Stockhammer, Engelbert ^a,b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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