Review of The Invention of Enterprise

05/25/2011 Libertarian Papers Michael E. Marotta

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Marotta, Michael E. “Review of The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times by Landes, Mokyr and Baumol.” Libertarian Papers 3, no. 15 (2011): 1–5.

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