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Rethinking Development Economics: Problems and Prospects of Georgist Political Economy

Franklin Obeng-OdoomUniversity of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 316-333 | Received 14 Jul 2019, Accepted 06 May 2021, Published online: 15 Jun 2021

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