Flaws in the foundation: Consumer behavior and general equilibrium theory

Intersubjectivity in Economics: Agents and Structures

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 56-70

  Ackerman, Frank ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203116661-5     Document Type: Chapter

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