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Unwilling Gamblers And Loaded Dice: Considering Recession And Crisis As A Natural Effect Of Financial Capitalism, Darlene N. Moorman
Unwilling Gamblers And Loaded Dice: Considering Recession And Crisis As A Natural Effect Of Financial Capitalism, Darlene N. Moorman
The Downtown Review
Under financial capitalism, ordinary people are increasingly becoming 'unwilling gamblers' of a risky and unstable system. This paper explores the social and institutional change behind the neoliberal movement and considers how the politics and policies of neoliberalism have contributed to a certain environment of financial instability. Looking at the changing nature of the economy, the rapid expansion of the financial sector, and the persisting issue of moral hazard underlying risky and speculative behaviors among other items, reveals a financial system in which recessions and crises can be considered a natural, although not inevitable, effect.
The Dark Past Of Rhode Island In New Light, Yulyana Torres, Marcus Nevius
The Dark Past Of Rhode Island In New Light, Yulyana Torres, Marcus Nevius
Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence
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Licensed To Care: Inhabiting The Transnational Economy Of "Global Pinoy", Fidel Taguinod
Licensed To Care: Inhabiting The Transnational Economy Of "Global Pinoy", Fidel Taguinod
Doctoral
The Philippines’ experience in international labour migration is widely considered a success – an observation endorsed by international bodies such as the World Health Organisation. As an active source of professional nurses to the developed world, the country continues to produce more nurses than the local nursing market can employ; a labour strategy that is promoted, facilitated and supported by the Philippine state and nursing educational system. This thesis interrogates Filipino nurse migration through the methodological prism of autoethnography, drawing on first-hand experience and reflexive accounts, interviews, photographs, policy documents and material cultural artefacts, to critically examine and challenge the …
Markets, Marketing, The Market: Informal Egypt, Nicholas S. Hopkins
Markets, Marketing, The Market: Informal Egypt, Nicholas S. Hopkins
Faculty Book Chapters
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Employment And Income In The Informal Sector Of The Maghreb And Mashreq Countries, Jacques Charmes
Employment And Income In The Informal Sector Of The Maghreb And Mashreq Countries, Jacques Charmes
Faculty Book Chapters
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Economic And Social Change In A Village In Giza, Judy H. Brink
Economic And Social Change In A Village In Giza, Judy H. Brink
Faculty Book Chapters
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Organizing Migrant Workers: The Egyptian Experience, James Toth
Organizing Migrant Workers: The Egyptian Experience, James Toth
Faculty Book Chapters
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