Milton Friedman’s stance: The methodology of causal realism

The Methodology of Positive Economics: Reflections on the Milton Friedman Legacy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 303-320

  Hoover, Kevin D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581427.014     Document Type: Chapter

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