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The World in the Model: How Economists Work and Think, Mary S. Morgan. Cambridge University Press, 2012, xvii + 421 pages.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2015

François Claveau*
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Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, succ. Centre-ville, Montreal (Quebec), H3C 3P8, Canada. Email: [email protected].

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