Quest for Prosperity

Quest for Prosperity

The Quest for Prosperity

Raphael Sassower

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2017
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Economía política
ISBN:
9781783489305
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This book asks what are the common assumptions - or frames of references - that underlie our understanding of political economy today. How many of them are worthy of retaining? Could others be discarded?

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