Epistemic Aspects of Economic Practice and the Need for Professional Economic Ethics

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-186

  DeMartino, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

economic code of conduct; economics profession; Epistemic issues; professional ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879035010     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346764.2013.799967     Document Type: Article

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