Austrian Economics and Culture: An Interview with Paul Cantor

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07/30/2014 Austrian Economics Newsletter Paul A. Cantor

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Volume 21, Number 1 (Spring 2001)

Paul A. Cantor discusses economic literature in an interview with the Austrian Economics Newsletter.

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