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Hermeneutic economics: Between relativism and progressive polylogism

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Perrin, P. Hermeneutic economics: Between relativism and progressive polylogism. Quart J Austrian Econ 8, 21–38 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12113-005-1032-3

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