Market fundamentalism, delusions and epistemic failures in policy and administration

Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-39

  Kouzmin, Alexander ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic theory; Epistemology; Globalization; Governance; Markets; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949100546     PISSN: 17574323     EISSN: 17574331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17574320910942150     Document Type: Article

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