Marginal to the revolution: The curious relationship between economics and the behavioral sciences movement in mid-Twentieth-Century America

History of Political Economy

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL1, 2010, Pages 199-233

  Pooley, Jefferson ^a   Solovey, Mark ^b  

^a MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 79953274876     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: 15271919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-2009-077     Document Type: Article

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