The End of Theory: Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction, Hardcover - Richard Bookstaber

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Publisher: Institute of Economic AffairsAuthor(s): Elinor OstromIllustration(s): tables & chartsNumber of pages: 107Publication date: 2012Dimension...