John R. Commons, the new deal and the American tradition of empirical collectivism

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 823-852

  Tilman, Rick ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commons; Empirical collectivism; New deal

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249116233     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2008.11507181     Document Type: Article

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