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Prospects for the Progress of Heterodox Economics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

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What are the prospects for progress in heterodox economics? The question posed for this roundtable discussion raises a wide range of important issues, for heterodox economics and for economics as a whole. In order to clarify some of these issues, this contribution approaches the question from a practical point of view: what strategy would promote the progress of heterodox economics?

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