The systemic failure of economic methodologists

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-68

  Colander, David ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

engineering; intuition; macroeconomics; methodology; systemic failure; value judgments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875939706     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2013.774848     Document Type: Article

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