It’s financialization!

International Labour Review

Volumn 149, Issue 2 Special Issue, 2010, Pages 163-183

  Freeman, Richard B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85189314011     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: 1564913X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2010.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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