What is capital? Economists and sociologists have changed its meaning: Should it be changed back?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1063-1086

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital; Collateral; Finance; Human capital; Money; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906885576     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/beu013     Document Type: Article

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