Historical Precedents, Contemporary Manifestations: Crisis and the Socialization of Financial Risk in Neoliberal Mexico

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 308-330

  Marois, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crisis; finance; G01; G28; labor; Mexico; neoliberalism; P16; socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905025998     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: 15528502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0486613413506077     Document Type: Article

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