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(2012) Evaluating philosophies, Dordrecht, Springer.

Can standard economic theory account for crises?

Mario Bunge

pp. 77-82

The Business Failure Record yearbook shows that about two-thirds of all new American business firms last less than 5 years. And economic historians know that, ever since the Dutch Tulip Bubble of 1637, the economies of all the capitalist nations have failed spectacularly every so often, sometimes dragging down other nations, as happened notably in 1929,1987, and 2008.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4408-0_8

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Bunge, M. (2012). Can standard economic theory account for crises?, in Evaluating philosophies, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 77-82.

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