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The Tragic Science: How Economists Cause Harm (even as They Aspire to Do Good). George F. DeMartino. University of Chicago Press. xi + 265 pages

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The Tragic Science: How Economists Cause Harm (even as They Aspire to Do Good). George F. DeMartino. University of Chicago Press. xi + 265 pages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2023

Lukas Beck*
Affiliation:
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Berlin, Germany

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