Piero Sraffa and 'the true object of economics': The role of the unpublished manuscripts

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1267-1290

  Blankenburg, Stephanie ^a   Arena, Richard ^a   Wilkinson, Frank ^a  

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ECONOMIC THEORY; ECONOMICS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84871536127     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bes064     Document Type: Article

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