Europe's ordoliberal iron cage: critical political economy, the euro area crisis and its management

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 275-294

  Ryner, Magnus ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical political economy; economic and financial crisis; Economic and Monetary Union; European Union; finance led capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924538844     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2014.995119     Document Type: Article

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