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Making Markets: Think Tank Legislation and Private Property in Detroit

Joshua M. Akers Department of Social Sciences, University of Michigan-DearbornCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1070-1095 | Published online: 11 Oct 2013

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Interviews

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