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A logical critique of mathematical formalism in economics

Dennis, Ken - In: Journal of Economic Methodology 3 (1996) 1, pp. 151-169

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Culture and Fertility Transition in India

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Competitiveness

Arndt, Sven W.; Bouton, Lawrence - American Enterprise Institute

This volume focuses on factors that have contributed to the deterioration of the U.S. trade balance and the erosion of American competitiveness.

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Trade and Wages

Bhagwati, Jagdish; Kosters, Marvin H. - American Enterprise Institute

A discussion of the perceived widening wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers that analyzes the implications of such a gap upon trade in the context of NAFTA.

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Trade Policy and U.S. Competitiveness

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Economists, trade policy experts, and legislators express their views on the competitive position of the United States in world trade.

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Optional Federal Chartering and Regulation of Insurance Companies

Wallison, Peter J. - American Enterprise Institute

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Trade and Security

Nau, Henry R. - American Enterprise Institute

This volume shows how a narrow focus on jobs and bilateral trade confrontations jeopardizes the real economic and security interests of the United States and its allies.

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