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PHILOSOPHY AND A SCIENTIFIC FUTURE OF THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2008

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Mini-symposium on the Future of History of Economics: Young Scholars' Perspective
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Copyright © The History of Economics Society 2008

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