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Strength enough: Thoughts on age-based rationing and intergenerational equity in britain

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Halper, T. Strength enough: Thoughts on age-based rationing and intergenerational equity in britain. HEC Forum 3, 27–37 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057841

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