Structure, agency and causality in post-revival Austrian economics: Tensions and resolutions

Review of Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-316

  Lewis, Paul A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SELWYN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 20744446273     PISSN: 09538259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09538250500067320     Document Type: Article

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