Walmart, financialization, and the cultural politics of securitization

Cultural Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-262

  Haiven, Max ^a  

^a NSCAD University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate power; Financialization; Risk management; Securitization; Surveillance; Walmart

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891892248     PISSN: 17432197     EISSN: 17517435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/17432197-2346964     Document Type: Article

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