If Economics Is a Science, What Kind of a Science Is It?

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rosenberg, Alex ^a  

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Behavioral science; Economic imperialism; Economics; Proprietary laws; Social scientists

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EID: 84875495090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195189254.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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