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This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Publication date 1982 topics economics publisher englewood cliffs, n. Heilbroner march 24, 1919 january 4, 2005 was an american economist and historian of economic thought. Without the government, the market as a system would not last two minutes. The making of economic society, robert l autor heilbroner, william s. The author of some 20 books, heilbroner was best known for the worldly philosophers.
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