Technical Change and Economic TheoryGiovanni Dosi A sustained critique of mainstream economic theory and discussion of the development of an alternative. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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business cycles | 38 |
Technical change and the theory of régulation | 67 |
Evolution innovation and economics | 95 |
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