Orthodox economics and economists: Strengths and weaknesses

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-94

  Ng, Yew Kwang ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economics; Economists; Formalism; Relevance; Scope

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0141818291     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021759080300061X     Document Type: Article

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