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6、nomicsforstudentsandinterestedgeneralreadersalike.JulianReissisProfessorofPhilosophyatDurhamUniversity.HehasadegreeinEconomicsandFinancefromtheUniversityofStGallenandaPhDinPhilosophyfromtheLondonSchoolofEconomics.Hismainresearchinter-estsaremethodologiesofthesciences,philosophyofeconomics,andscien
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