Is critical realism the appropriate basis for Post Keynesianism?

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-123

  Walters, Bernard ^a   Young, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033268415     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01603477.1999.11490229     Document Type: Article

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