What don't economists know now that Marshall knew a century ago? A note on Marshall's "sophisticated informality"

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 441-460

  Marchionatti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marshall complexity; Mathematics method

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EID: 2142751539     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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