Economics imperialism: Concept and constraints

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-380

  Mäki, Uskali ^a  

^a ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Economics imperialism; Explanatory unification; Fallibilism; Interdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249113418     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393108319023     Document Type: Article

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