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Book Review

Rethinking the theory of money, credit, and macroeconomics: a review essay.

 John Smithin, Rethinking the Theory of Money, Credit, and Macroeconomics: A New Statement for the Twenty-First Century (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2018), ISBN 978-1-4985-4281-4, 239 pp., $115.00

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