"Economists and historians. A dialogue of the deaf?"

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JANUARY 26, 2025
Only in French | The book by economist Alain Trannoy (EHESS/AMSE) and historian Arundhati Virmani (EHESS) rounds off the work of an EHESS seminar, exploring what makes the relationship between the two disciplines so difficult.

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