Clarence Ayres, technology, pragmatism and progress

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Mayhew, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural validity; Instrumentalism; Pragmatism; Progress; Scientific method; Veblen

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 77950930937     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben062     Document Type: Article

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