Pauper fiction in economic science: "Paupers in almshouses" and the odd fit of Oliver Twist

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-181

  Ziliak, Stephen T ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical economists; Fiction; History; Poverty; Rhetoric; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644369425     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760210146622     Document Type: Review

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