The economist and the entrepreneur: Modernist impulses in Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit

History of Political Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-52

  Emmett, Ross B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0039621372     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-31-1-29     Document Type: Article

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