The Historical Perspective of the Problem of Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility
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- Drakopoulos, Stavros A., 1989. "The Historical Perspective of the Problem of Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility," MPRA Paper 28996, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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- B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
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