The end of the consumer age

After the Great Recession: The Struggle for Economic Recovery and Growth

Volumn 9781107015890, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-157

  Cynamon, Barry Z ^a   Fazzari, Steven M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84924095071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139059589.011     Document Type: Chapter

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