Current crisis in the US and economic policy implications

An Assessment of the Global Impact of the Financial Crisis

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 12-35

  Arestis, Philip ^a,b,c,d,e   Karakitsos, Elias ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85016779631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230306912_2     Document Type: Chapter

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