Economics and autism: Why the drive towards closure?

Contributions to Social Ontology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 293-302

  Lawson, John ^a,b  

^a GIRTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905136033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203607473     Document Type: Chapter

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