Max Weber's analysis of marginal utility theory and psychology revisited: Latent propositions in economic sociology and the sociology of economics

History of Political Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 436-458

  Zafirovski, Milan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; TRADE UNION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LABOR UNIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0039149228     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-33-3-437     Document Type: Article

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