The Intrinsic Limits of Modern Economic Theory: The Emperor has No Clothes

1989/01/01 by Alan Kirman · 4 citations
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Abstract

Alan Kirman; The Intrinsic Limits of Modern Economic Theory: The Emperor has No Clothes, The Economic Journal, Volume 99, Issue 395, 1 April 1989, Pages 126–139

Citations

• Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth

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