Economics is philosophy, economics is not science

International Journal of Green Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 307-325

  Read, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friedman; Green; Mirowski; Physics; Political economy; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249807043     PISSN: 17449928     EISSN: 17449936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGE.2007.013062     Document Type: Article

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