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Adam Smith on the Division of Labor and Relative Factor Prices 亚当·斯密论劳动分工与相对要素价格

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1987-09-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600004038

R. Hébert, A. Link

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Goethe on Demonic Fiscal Policy 歌德谈恶魔般的财政政策

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1987-09-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600004051

D. Levy

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Speculations on the Transmutation of an Idea 思想嬗变的思辨

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1986-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600003884

Michael Perelman

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Reflections on the Absolutist and Relativist Approaches To the History of Economics 对绝对主义和相对主义经济学史研究方法的思考

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1986-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600003860

L. Hill

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History of Economic Thought - What For? Empirical Observations From German Universities 经济思想史——为什么?来自德国大学的实证观察

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1986-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600003914

Juergen G. Backhaus

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The Political Balloon; or, the Fall of East India Stock 政治气球;或者，东印度股票的下跌

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1986-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600003847

R. R. Rogers

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Benjamin Jowett's Connections with Political Economy 本杰明·乔伊特与政治经济学的联系

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1986-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600003872

W. Samuels

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Feet of Clay: Chapter I of Capital 《资本论》第一章

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1986-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600003896

R. Brandis

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Jevon's Debt to Cairnes: An Unnoticed Review 杰文欠凯恩斯的债:一个未被注意的评论

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1986-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600003902

T. Boylan, T. Foley

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Perceptions of our Discipline: Three Magisterial Treatments of the Evolution of Economic Thought 对我们学科的认知:对经济思想演变的三种权威处理

History of Economics Society Bulletin Pub Date : 1986-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/S1042771600003859

M. Perlman

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