A crisis of politics, not economics: Complexity, ignorance, and policy failure

Critical Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 127-183

  Friedman, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Critical Review Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 68949135917     PISSN: 08913811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08913810903030980     Document Type: Article

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