Critical realism and economics

Applied Economics and the Critical Realist Critique

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 12-26

  Dow, Sheila C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203987872     Document Type: Chapter

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