Public policy, human instincts, and economic growth

Independent Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-365

  Wight, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

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ECONOMIC GROWTH; GOVERNMENT;

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