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ON THE ROLE OF VALUES IN ECONOMIC SCIENCE: ROBBINS AND HIS CRITICS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2009

ANDREA SCARANTINO
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A Symposium on The Nature and Significance of Economic Science by Lionel Robbins
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Journal of the History of Economic Thought , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 449 - 473
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