Rising inequality as a cause of the present crisis

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 935-958

  Stockhammer, Engelbert ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis; Distribution; Effective demand; Growth regimes; Inequality; Post Keynesian economics

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC THEORY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MACROECONOMICS;

EID: 84929159573     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bet052     Document Type: Article

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