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The informal economy
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The authors of as discussed by the authors suggest that a wide range of services which were once produced in the money economy are increasingly provided informally on a self-service basis. But they do not consider the role of the state in the provision of these services.About:
This article is published in Futures.The article was published on 1979-02-01. It has received 1023 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Information economy & Digital economy.read more
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Shadow Economies: Size, Causes, and Consequences
TL;DR: In this paper, the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition, and OECD countries is estimated using various methods, and the average size varies from 12 percent of GDP for OECD countries, to 23 percent for transition countries and 39 percent for developing countries.
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A Postcapitalist Politics
TL;DR: Gibson and Graham as discussed by the authors describe a politics of possibility that can build different economies in place and over space, and argue that post-capitalist subjects, economies, and communities can be fostered.
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Bringing strong ties back in: Indirect ties, network bridges, and job searches in China
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make distinctions between information and influence that flow through networks during job searches and between direct ties and indirect ties used by job-seekers, and they find that people using indirect ties are more likely to obtain better jobs than those using direct ties.
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Shadow economies around the world: what do we really know?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present estimates of the shadow economy for 110 countries, including developing, transition and developed OECD economies, and the average size of shadow economy as a proportion of official GDP in 1999-2000 in developing countries was 41%, in transition countries 38, and in OECD countries 17%.
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The 21st-Century Metropolis: New Geographies of Theory
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the dominant theorizations of global city-regions are rooted in the EuroAmerican experience and are thus unable to analyse multiple forms of metropolitan modernities.
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The Subterranean Economy
TL;DR: In this article, the Subterranean Economy is described as a "subterranean economy" and the authors propose an approach to solve the problem of "underground economy" in finance.