The politics of positivism: Disinterested predictions from interested agents

The Methodology of Positive Economics: Reflections on the Milton Friedman Legacy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 189-214

  Teira Serrano, David ^a   Zamora Bonilla, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581427.009     Document Type: Chapter

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