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      CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND FAMILY ECONOMIC DETERIORATION: HISTORICAL CONTINGENCIES AND THE "GREAT RECESSION" OF THE UNITED STATES

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            The "Great Recession" in the United States exposed contradictions between the economic wellbeing of families and capital. Using social structure of accumulation theory, a qualitative institutional analysis and quantitative time-series models, I investigate historicallycontingent relations between family economic deterioration and capital accumulation. The circuit of capital, I argue, necessitates increasing private consumption expenditures by families, however with minimal governmental support. Therefore, the economic deterioration of the family expands under unprecedented levels of debt.

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            worlrevipoliecon
            10.2307/j50005553
            World Review of Political Economy
            Pluto Journals
            2042891X
            1 October 2011
            : 2
            : 3
            : 406-440
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            10.2307/41931934
            6bd86e40-0dea-4f19-aa01-c222c5db3797
            © WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICAL ECONOMY 2011

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            Political economics

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            1. Agresti and Finlay 2008 Allison 1999 Belsley 1991

            2. Goldberger 1991 Griffin 1992; Isaac and Griffin 1989

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