Goals, rationality criteria and market functioningFootnote^∗

^∗This paper has been presented at the fourth annual conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, Paris, France, 4–6 November 1992. I would like to thank the participants, Robert Delorme, Seven-Erik Sjöstrand, and the referees for their helpful comments both on the substance and the form of this paper. The normal disclaimer applies.

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