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Macroeconomic Sceneries and Industrial Relations in Italy (1970-1985) -- Ezio Tarantelli: Sketches of an Intellectual Biography -- Analytical Refinements of the Post Keynesian Model -- Post Keynesian Model and Industrial Conflict -- Tarantelli's Economic Policy Proposals -- Concluding Remarks --...

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