Governing Dynamics and Superfragility: Liberal Political Economists as Order Guardians
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Governing Dynamics and Superfragility: Liberal Political Economists as Order Guardians
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Online First : pp. 1–20
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Stefan Kolev, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau
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Abstract
This article pursues two goals. First, to reflect on how