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Economy of production: A theory of household labor organization and material reuse 生产经济：家庭劳动组织和材料再利用理论

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12320

Maureen S. Meyers

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The hidden strength of small business: Social networks and wet market vendors in China 小企业隐藏的力量：中国的社交网络和菜市场摊贩

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-04-29 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12323

Shuru Zhong, Cynthia Werner

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Violent sustainability: Blitzscale and counteraccounting in an Indian agtech start-up 暴力可持续性：印度一家农业科技初创企业的突击规模和反会计核算

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12333

Nikhit Agrawal

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Workers to capitalists: Repositioning Berlin's middle class 从工人到资本家：重新定位柏林的中产阶级

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-12-14 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12345

Hadas Weiss

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“It all depends on the market”: Taste as an economic fact "一切取决于市场作为经济事实的品味

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-09-21 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12330

Alexios Tsigkas

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Logics of reciprocity in Denmark: Longing and belonging in a virtuous cycle of welfare 丹麦的互惠逻辑：福利良性循环中的渴望与归属感

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-06-08 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12328

Olivia Spalletta

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results† 过去的表现不能保证未来的结果

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-12-13 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12340

Allison Truitt

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Four alternative currencies and their worlds 四种替代货币及其世界

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-12-27 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12348

Santiago Mandirola

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The value added of solidarity economies: Bureaucratic constructions of value for alternative economic policy in Ecuador 团结经济的附加值：厄瓜多尔替代经济政策的官僚价值构建

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12318

Alexander D'Aloia

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Liquid homeownership: Navigating future horizons to turn homeownership into assets in Bucharest, Romania 流动房屋所有权：在罗马尼亚布加勒斯特探索未来前景，将房屋所有权转化为资产

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-01-07 Epub Date: 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12316

Alexandra Ciocanel

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