Do Economists Make Markets? On the Performativity of Economics, D. MacKenzie, F. Muniesa, L. Siu (Eds.)
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عنوان ژورنال: Sociologie du travail
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0038-0296,1777-5701
DOI: 10.4000/sdt.16906