Euro Crises and Euro Scams: Trade not Debt and Deficits Tell the Tale

Review of Political Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-189

  Weeks, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84901426379     PISSN: 09538259     EISSN: 14653982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09538259.2014.881009     Document Type: Article

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