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The Structuralist View of Economic Theories: A Review Essay: The Case of General Equilibrium in Particular

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D. Wade Hands
D. Wade Hands
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University of Puget Sound
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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , October 1985 , pp. 303 - 335
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