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The Journal of Economic Perspectives (1987, p. 3) is dedicated ‘to providing a range of perspectives on economics and to show how an economic perspective can help in understanding society and some of its problems’. Sometimes, however, the ‘range of perspectives’ provided and the resulting help in understanding society’s economic problems has been unduly limited.
Early draft for Journal of Economic Perspectives, 5 (1991).
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Davidson, P. (1991). Is Probability Theory Relevant for Uncertainty? A Different Perspective. In: Davidson, L. (eds) Inflation, Open Economies and Resources. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11516-7_16
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