Is there a theory of economic history?

The Evolutionary Foundations of Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 195-218

  Mokyr, Joel ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492297.007     Document Type: Chapter

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